Translation for "were monks" to spanish

Were monks

• eran monjes

Translation examples

eran monjes

Almost 90 per cent of the persons currently in prison for political reasons were monks and nuns who had expressed allegiance to the Dalai Lama.
11. Casi el 90% de las personas que están encarceladas por motivos políticos son monjes y monjas que han expresado su lealtad al Dalai Lama.

The murderers were monks!
¡Los asesinos eran monjes!

The Knights Templar were monks who were trained to fight as soldiers in the Holy Land during the Crusades, from the 1100s up until the 1300s.
Los Caballeros Templarios eran monjes que fueron entrenados para luchar como soldados en Tierra Santa durante Las Cruzadas, desde los años 1.100 hasta los 1.300.

I thought they were monks. Were they monks?
Me ha parecido que eran monjes. ¿Eran monjes?

Only the oldest were monks, the others were lay brothers.
Sólo los más viejos eran monjes, los otros legos.