Monk
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English
Noun
Monk (plural Monks)- A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
- in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
- (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
- (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
- (slang) A judge.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:recluse
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Adjectives for Monk
fanatical; ascetic; tonsured; preaching; cloistered; patient; persecuting; indifferent; excommunicated; abominable; lecherous.
Thesaurus
Cape polecat, abbacomes, abbot, ape, ascetic, bar, beadsman, bear, brother, caloyer, cavy, celibataire, celibate, cenobite, chimp, chimpanzee, coenobite, conventual, conventual prior, coon, ferret, foumart, friar, glutton, grand prior, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, hermit, hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monkey, mousehound, nun, opossum, palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, priest, prior, quill pig, raccoon, religieux, religious, single, skunk, stylite, unmarried, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
Etymology
Old English munuc < Latin monachus < Ancient Greek μοναχός (monachos, “single, solitary”) < μόνος (monos, “alone”)
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Middle English
Noun
Monk (plural Monks)
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