Words similar to monk

Example sentences for: monk

How can you use “monk” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It was modeled on one of the great Chinese monasteries of the time and built for a Chinese monk who was said to have interceded with the dreaded Kublai Khan to stop the Mongol invasion of Japan.
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.
(In informal conversation, lama is used to refer to any Tibetan Buddhist monk.)
Here is what he had to say about Saint Cuthbert, an English monk who became Bishop of Lindisfarne and who died in the year 687:
In the early sixth century, a monk from India named Da Mo arrived at Shaolin, where he founded Chan Buddhism.