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Example sentences for: monk

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Its strange posture commemorates a legendary statue that came to life and then berated Eikan, the astonished monk looking on, for pausing from his ritual chanting.
(In informal conversation, lama is used to refer to any Tibetan Buddhist monk.)
As Bown takes pains to point out, it descended largely intact from the artistic currents of the 19 th century and had its roots both in classic Western art and in much older local traditions, including the work of such Russian masters as the 15 th century monk Andrei Rublev.
It was burned down by a fanatical young monk in 1950, rebuilt in 1955 as an exact replica of the original structure, and renovated in 1987 with a brand new gold-foil covering.
A little museum displays church sculpture and painting, notably some almost surreal works by Pierre-Adolphe-Arthur Guindon, a Sulpician monk.