Collocations for "monk"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "monk" in context.
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monk
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- a [Tibetan, Shaolin, Franciscan, Buddhist] monk
- a community of [Tibetan] monks
- the monk lives in [a, the local] monastery
- is the head monk (of the monastery)
- is the [temple's monastery's] head monk
- lives a monk's [life, existence]
- decided to become a monk
- a monk with vows to [poverty, abstinence, chastity]
- a monk [follows, lives under] strict vows
- looks like a monk with that [hair, haircut]!