an abominable sight of monks
- Subject
- monk (monks)
- Category
- People → Religious
- Confidence
- high
- Attestation
- historical-source
- Also spelled
- bomynable syght (1486)
Collective noun
abominable sight
Also spelled bomynable syght (1486)
What do you call a group of monks?
an abominable sight of monks
- Used for
- 1 subject
- Categories
- People
- Subcategories
- Religious
- Type
- Specific
- Best confidence
- high
Definition
- Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a bomynable syght of monkꝭ”.
Other senses of the word: abominable sight on Wiktionary
Usage as a collective noun
Related words
No other collective nouns recorded for these subjects.