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Recent Examples of monk
Cambodian folks from Stockton and the Bay converged with 98-year olds from Long Beach and monks who flew from Cambodia to tie bracelets onto wrists, uttering blessings.
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Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Malcolm Browne, then an Associated Press correspondent, won awards for his images from 1963 capturing a Buddhist monk setting himself ablaze in Saigon.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Finally, in the desert, a monk named Zosimas encountered her.
—Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Pope Francis 'dedicated himself to the service of others,' Dalai Lama says
After taking a trip to Thailand in 2019, Francis welcomed a delegation of about 100 Buddhist monks from the Wat Phra Cetuphon temple in Bangkok in 2024, the Vatican News reported.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Malcolm Browne, then an Associated Press correspondent, won awards for his images from 1963 capturing a Buddhist monk setting himself ablaze in Saigon.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Finally, in the desert, a monk named Zosimas encountered her.
—Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Pope Francis 'dedicated himself to the service of others,' Dalai Lama says
After taking a trip to Thailand in 2019, Francis welcomed a delegation of about 100 Buddhist monks from the Wat Phra Cetuphon temple in Bangkok in 2024, the Vatican News reported.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monk
Noun
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In response, a new form of religious life emerged: the mendicant friars.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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Martin Luther, who in the 16th-century would reject Catholicism and become central to the Protestant Reformation, was a former Augustinian friar.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Unlike monks who withdrew from ordinary life, mendicants stressed a life of poverty, spent in travel from town to town to preach and help the poor.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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Instead of withdrawing from the world in isolated monasteries, members of this order travel as mendicants to aid the poor as well as serve as missionaries and teachers.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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If tensions grow between Iran, Israel, and the United States, Tehran could lash out at Azerbaijan militarily or by using its influence with Shiite clerics to foment internal unrest—particularly if Baku appears to be supporting Israel.—
Zaur Shiriyev,
Foreign Affairs,
26 May 2025
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The latest crisis erupted late last month, when a Druze cleric was alleged to have insulted the Prophet Muhammad.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
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Buskirk — his dad and great grandfather were preachers — shortly after accepting the football job felt the calling to explore ministry work.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
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My dad was a Methodist preacher from a long line of them.—
John Archibald,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
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Leo was granted Peruvian citizenship in August 2015, the month before Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Chiclayo in the South American country’s northern region.—
Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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The issue came to a head just before the conclave that elected Leo pope, when the Chinese church proceeded with the preliminary election of two bishops, a step that comes before official consecration.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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But Prevost opposes ordaining women as deacons, for instance, so he's seen as conservative on church doctrine.—
May 8,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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This man shows up dressed up like a Pentecostal deacon’s son headed to the 2018 NBA draft, only to end up a fifth-round reject.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monk. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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