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monk
1[ muhngk ]
noun
- (in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Synonyms: brother
- (in any religion) a man who is a member of a monastic order:
a Buddhist monk.
- Printing. a dark area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Compare friar ( def 2 ).
Monk
2[ muhngk ]
noun
- (James) Arthur Art, born 1957, U.S. football player.
- The·lo·ni·ous [th, uh, -, loh, -nee-, uh, s] (Sphere), 1917–1982, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- George. Monck, George.
Monk
1/ mʌŋk /
noun
- MonkThelonious (Sphere)19201982MUSMUSIC: jazz pianistMUSIC: composer Thelonious ( Sphere ) (θəˈləʊnɪəs). 1920–82, US jazz pianist and composer
- a variant spelling of (George) Monck
monk
2/ mʌŋk /
noun
- a male member of a religious community bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience monastic
- sometimes capital a fancy pigeon having a bald pate and often large feathered feet
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He was one of living symbols of “White Ribbon Revolution” of 2012, always in black, slim, shaved, almost a monk.
The Austria-based restaurant was first noted by the scholar and monk Albuin, who was a devout follower of Charlemagne.
Strange is sometimes assisted by Wong, another monk gifted to Dr. Strange by The Ancient One.
One day, he took a monk with a cleanly shaven head and had him walk around a light bulb to demonstrate this theory.
Then, he decided to give it all up and become a Buddhist monk.
Only the day before he died, he had said this to Father Francis, a young Brazilian monk, to whom he was greatly attached.
"Let me get the man something to eat," said Yung Pak as the monk seated himself upon a mat.
Ferdinando Ugheli, a Florentine monk, died; distinguished for his learning and his virtues.
Inside its darkened walls a single monk chanted his monotonous prayer before an altar.
John Laurence Berti, a learned monk of Tuscany, died; author of about 20 quarto volumes of divinity.
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