Canadian English Meaning of monk

monk

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Definitions and Meaning of monk in English

Wordnet

monk (n)

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

Webster

monk (n.)

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.

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.

A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.

The European bullfinch.

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