Which preposition to use with monk

of Occurrences 328%

The monks of the Gomati monastery, being mahâyâna students, and held in greatest reverence by the king, took precedence of all the others in the procession.

in Occurrences 91%

By the side of it there is a monastery, with more than seven hundred monks in it.

from Occurrences 36%

They make in the monasteries rooms for monks from all quarters, the use of which is given to travelling monks who may arrive, and who are provided with whatever else they require.

at Occurrences 30%

If he became a full monk at the age of twenty, and went to India when he was twenty-five, his long life may have been divided pretty equally between the two dynasties.

with Occurrences 26%

"Strange," said the monks with a sigh, "that men of a border country should be able to come here in search of our Law!"

to Occurrences 19%

He held up as a warning the example of Peter the Hermit, and declared himself very decidedly opposed to the proposition of an abbot who was disposed to march with a number of monks to Jerusalem; "for," said he, "fighting warriors are more needed there than singing monks."

on Occurrences 15%

The monks on their faces fell, the bird Away through the twilight sped.

for Occurrences 11%

"Does one gather that you feel aggrieved with Captain Monk for not making you a partner in his new associations?" "For trying to put one over on me, an old pal... stood by him through thick and thin... would've gone through fire for Whit Monk, and in my way I have, many's the time.

by Occurrences 10%

He had taken sanctuary in the immense monastery adjoining the Golden Gate in the twelfth region of the city, founded for a thousand monks by the patrician Studius, in the year 463.

as Occurrences 9%

[Footnote 1: Bhikshu is the name for a monk as "living by alms," a mendicant.

under Occurrences 7%

The church was originally served by secular canons, but in 1177 the then Earl of Arundel introduced in their place four or five monks under a Prior from St Martin of Seez.

without Occurrences 4%

Jack may have believed this himself, for he took no pains to disabuse the maidens as to the inefficacy of the rite, and bore with galliard fortitude the wear and tear of the nascent mustache, without which, to his mind, a soldier would figure very much as a monk without a shaven crown or a mandarin without a queue.

out Occurrences 4%

King Josiah's destruction of the idols, and the temples of the false gods, and driving out the wizards and workers with familiar spirits, were to them a pattern of the destruction of the monasteries and miraculous images and popish superstitions of every kind, the turning the monks out of their convents, and forcing them to set to honest workwhich had just taken place throughout England.

among Occurrences 3%

Do you observe that monk among the train, Who pours from his great throat the roaring bass, As a cathedral spout pours out the rain, And this way turns his rubicund, round face? Elsie.

behind Occurrences 2%

A monk behind me saw this and cutting a twig tied it so tightly around my sides that it has caused my flesh to mortify."

before Occurrences 2%

The old nobleman still hoped perhaps to be able to kill a monk before finishing his first lease of life.

about Occurrences 2%

With these he took possession of the Abbey of Almeixal, sent the monks about their business, fortified the place, and gathered in the plunder of all the country round.'

into Occurrences 2%

"I'd like to hack you monks into bits, as many as you are!" said he.

through Occurrences 2%

Bordeaux offered to Monk through Clarges the aid of Mazarin, whether it were his object to restore the king, or to assume the government himself.

after Occurrences 1%

Before reaching Alnwick it flows past the ancient walls of Hulne Abbey, the monastery of Carmelite friars so romantically founded by the Northumbrian knight and monk after his visit to the monastery on Mount Carmel.

within Occurrences 1%

Doubtless the monks within the passage had at that moment arrived at its mouth, there to make known to their comrades the robbery of the chest's contents.

between Occurrences 1%

Near by is an old oak seat used by the monks between the services, and a modern effigy of Bishop Wilberforce which strikes a Victorian note in its general effect.

during Occurrences 1%

He was a refugee Carthusian, who came here with some brother monks during the French Terror.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Is it possible you still believe I am a thief at heart and interested in those jewels only to turn them to my own profit?" He stared unbelievingly at the frosty eyes of Monk beneath their fatuously stubborn brows, at the hard, unyielding eyes of Phinuit.

like Occurrences 1%

He came to be looked upon as a most learned youth, and the monks who had taught him, thinking that he would be a credit to their convent, were anxious that he should join them and become a monk like themselves, devoting the rest of his life to copying manuscripts and writing books.

Which preposition to use with  monk