MONK
21monk — [muŋk] n. [ME munec < OE munuc < LL(Ec) monachus < LGr(Ec) monachos < Gr, one who lives alone < monos, alone: see MONO ] a member of a male religious order living in a monastery or hermitage observing a common rule, under vows of… …
22Monk — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Monk (homonymie). Monk Titre original Monk Genre Comédie dra …
23Monk — Para el pianista de jazz, véase Thelonious Monk. Monk Título Monk Género Comedia dramática Misterio[1 …
24Monk — For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). St. Anthony the Great, considered the Father of Christian Monasticism A monk (from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, single, solitary [1]) is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or… …
25monk — hi·er·o·monk; monk; monk·ery; monk·hood; monk·ish; monk·ism; monk·ist; monk·ly; monk·ship; chip·monk; monk·ish·ly; monk·ish·ness; …
26monk — /mungk/, n. 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 (in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, esp.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… …
27Monk — This Anglo Scottish surname derives from pre 7th Century word munuc , meaning a monk, or one who lived at a monastery. The name was originally occupational, describing a servant employed at such a place, although later it assumed the religious… …
28Monk — /mungk/, n. 1. Thelonious /theuh loh nee euhs/ (Sphere), 1917 1982, U.S. jazz pianist and composer. 2. George. See Monck, George. * * * (as used in expressions) White Monk Monk Meredith Jane Monk Thelonious Sphere * * * ▪ …
29monk — [OE] Etymologically, a monk is someone who lives ‘alone’. The word comes ultimately from late Greek mónachos ‘solitary person, hermit’, which was derived from Greek mónos ‘alone’ (source of the English prefix mono ). It passed into late Latin as… …
30monk */ — UK [mʌŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms monk : singular monk plural monks a man who lives in a religious community away from other people. Monks live in a building called a monastery a Franciscan/Buddhist monk • See: nun Derived word: monkish… …
