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monk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin monachus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from ????? (mónos, “alone”).
Alternative forms
- moncke (obsolete)
Noun
monk (plural monks)
- A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
- in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
- (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
- (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
- (slang) A judge.
- (printing) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; 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 xanthosternos.
- The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
- The monkfish.
- (historical) A fuse for firing mines.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:recluse
Derived terms
- Monk Bretton
- Monk Fryston
- monkette
Related terms
- monastery
- monastic
- monasticism
Translations
Verb
monk (third-person singular simple present monks, present participle monking, simple past and past participle monked)
- To be a monk.
- To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative.
- To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic.
- To be intoxicated or confused.
- To be attached in a way that sticks out.
See also
Etymology 2
By shortening.
Noun
monk (plural monks)
- (colloquial) A monkey.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- monke
Etymology
From Old English munuc.
Noun
monk (plural monks)
- monk
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
- And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
Descendants
- English: monk
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian mong, mang, from Proto-Germanic *mang? (“crowd”). Compare English among.
Preposition
monk
- among
Synonyms
- monken
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monasticism
English
Etymology
From monastic (“relating to monks”) +? -ism.
Noun
monasticism (countable and uncountable, plural monasticisms)
- (religion) The practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work.
Synonyms
- monachism
Related terms
- monastic
- monk
- nun
Translations
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