monk
/mʌŋk/
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service
- plural
- monks
Meanings
- 1
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service
He lives like a monk.
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Tom lives like a monk.
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- 2
In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communallyrare
- 3
Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermitrare
- 4
An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationshipsrare
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A judgerare
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An inkblotrare
- 7
A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternosrare
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The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)rare
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The monkfishrare
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A fuse for firing minesrare