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monk

[muhngk] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	(in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, esp. as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

2.	(in any religion) a man who is a member of a monastic order: a Buddhist monk.

3.	Printing. a dark area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Compare friar (def. 2).

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE munuc < LL monachus < Gk monachós hermit, n. use of adj.: solitary, equiv. to món(os) alone + -achos adj. suffix

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—Synonyms 1. brother. Monk, friar refer to members of special male groups whose lives are devoted to the service of the church, esp. in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox denominations. A monk is properly a member of a monastery, under a superior; he is bound by a vow of stability, and is a co-owner of the community property of the monastery. Since the Reformation, monk and friar have been used as if they were the same. A friar is, however, strictly speaking, a member of a mendicant order, whose members are not attached to a monastery and own no community property.

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Monk

[muhngk] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	(James) Arthur (Art), born 1957, U.S. football player.

2.	The·lo·ni·ous [thuh-loh-nee-uhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation (Sphere), 1917–1982, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.

3.	George. Monck, George.

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Monck or Monk (mŭngk) Pronunciation Key
English general who was instrumental in the restoration of Charles II (1660) and supervised London during the plague of 1665.

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monk (mŭngk) Pronunciation Key
n. A man who is a member of a brotherhood living in a monastery and devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order: a Carthusian monk; a Buddhist monk.

[Middle English munk, from Old English munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Late Greek monakhos, from Greek, single, from monos; see men-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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Monk (mŭngk) Pronunciation Key
American football player. As a wide receiver with the Washington Redskins, he set (1992) a National Football League record for career receptions.

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Monk, George
See George Monck.

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Monk, Thelonious Sphere 1917-1982.
American jazz pianist and composer whose spare style and unusual harmonic sense made him one of the most influential modern jazz musicians.

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O.E. munuc, from P.Gmc. *muniko- (cf. O.Fris. munek, M.Du. monic, O.H.G. munih, Ger. Mönch), an early borrowing from V.L. *monicus (cf. Fr. moine, Sp. monje, It. monaco), from L.L. monachus "monk," originally "religious hermit," from Late Gk. monakhos "monk," noun use of a classical Gk. adj. meaning "solitary," from monos "alone" (see mono-).

"In England, before the Reformation, the term was not applied to the members of the mendicant orders, who were always called friars. From the 16th c. to the 19th c., however, it was usual to speak of the friars as a class of monks. In recent times the distinction between the terms has been carefully observed by well-informed writers. In Fr. and Ger. the equivalent of monk is applied equally to 'monks' and 'friars.' " [OED]

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monk
noun
1.	a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
2.	United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

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Monk

Mon"a*chal\, a. [L. monachus a monk: cf. F. monacal. See Monk.] Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.

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