warrior monk
Combat-trained religious devotee
A warrior monk is a member of a religious order trained in combat, historically appearing in various traditions—Buddhist monks in feudal Japan, Christian military orders like the Knights Templar.
The term captures the tension between spiritual discipline and martial skill.
In games and fantasy, warrior monks are a character class combining meditation with fighting prowess: She built a warrior monk specializing in unarmed combat.
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- templeSacred worship structure
- ancient templeOld religious structure
- martialRelating to warfare
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
sword · meditation · inner peace · combat · ascetic · crusader · knight · dojo · chant · robes · staff · kung fu · martial arts · hand to hand · combat training · devotion · sparring · prayer
- Samurai Japansamurai, ronin, daimyo, shogun, retainer
- warrior culturesamurai, knights, gladiators, berserkers, spartan
- warriorsfighter, knight, footsoldier, barbarian, samurai
- holy warriorscrusader, paladin, holy knight, jihadi, mujahideen
- Warrior Faithmilitary chaplain, foxhole prayer, army chaplain, chaplains, chaplaincy
- Japanese MonksGenshin, bonze, abbot, head priest, novice
warrior monkmercenary
Soldier fighting for pay
soldier of fortune · sellsword · condottiero · professional soldier · conscript
warrior, monk, wars, warred, warring, warlike, warfare, warship, warlord