| Definitions of 'Monk' |
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1. (noun) monk, monastic
a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
2. (noun) Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk
United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)
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| Definitions of 'Monk' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Monk
a man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty
2. (noun) Monk
a blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink
3. (noun) Monk
a piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine
4. (noun) Monk
a South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus
5. (noun) Monk
the European bullfinch
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