Monk

Definitions

1. A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
2. A monkey.
   colloquial
3. A surname.
4. In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
5. Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
   slang
6. An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
   slang
7. A judge.
   slang
8. An inkblot.
   archaic
9. A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
10. The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
11. The monkfish.
12. A fuse for firing mines.
    historical

Equivalents

Examples

“This is believed to be the completeſt liſt of this voluminous, proſaick, and driveling monk, that can be formed, without acceſs, at leaſt, to every manuſcript library in the kingdom, which would be very difficult, if not imposſible, to obtain⟳.”

“In clusters on the plain, like⟳ cowlless monks at matins, sat the vultures that had settled on the corpse of the hyena impaled by the female rhino […]”

“Tony's face⟳ expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have⟳ been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have⟳ been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.””

“‘We wuz talkin’ and the monk got loose, and she sent me off to catch⟳ him.’”

“It seems that the big monk up on the roof is nobody but Bongo, who is a gorilla belonging to the circus, and one of the very few gorillas of any account in this country, or anywhere else, as far as this goes, because good gorillas are very scarce, indeed.”

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