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Webster 1913 Edition

Monking

Monk′ing

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Adj.

Monkish.

[R.]

Coleridge.

Definition 2024

monking

monking

English

Noun

monking ‎(countable and uncountable, plural monkings)

(uncountable) The work or life of a monk.
(countable) A monkfish.

Adjective

monking ‎(not comparable)

(obsolete) Monkish.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  The old coenobitic establishments of England were converted—perverted, rather—into monasteries and other monking receptacles.