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1. (n.) monk
a man who is a member of a religious order, usu. living in a monastery according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
2. Monk
George,
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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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1. (noun) monk
a man who lives a religious life in a religious community
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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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Sense: a member of a male religious group, who lives in a monastery, away from the rest of society.
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 Afrikaans: monnik |
 Arabic: راهِب |
 Bulgarian: монах |
 Brazilian: monge |
 Czech: mnich |
 German: der Mönch |
 Danish: munk |
 Greek: μοναχός |
 Spanish: monje |
 Estonian: munk |
 Farsi: راهب |
 Finnish: munkki |
 French: moine |
 Hebrew: נָזִיר |
 Hindi: भिक्षु |
 Croatian: redovnik |
 Hungarian: szerzetes, barát |
 Indonesian: biarawan |
 Icelandic: munkur |
 Italian: monaco, frate |
 Japanese: 修道士 |
 Korean: 수도사 |
 Lithuanian: vienuolis |
 Latvian: mūks |
 Malay: sami |
 Dutch: monnik |
 Norwegian: munk |
 Polish: mnich, zakonnik |
 Persian: راهب |
 Pashto: راهب |
 Portuguese: monge |
 Romanian: călugăr |
 Russian: монах |
 Slovak: mních |
 Slovenian: menih |
 Serbian: monah |
 Swedish: munk |
 Thai: พระสงฆ์ |
 Turkish: keşiş, rahip |
 Taiwanese: 修士 |
 Ukrainian: чернець, монах |
 Urdu: راہب |
 Vietnamese: thầy tu |
 Chinese: 僧侣，修道士 |
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