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monk [mʌŋk] n 1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a male member of a religious community bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience Related adj monastic 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) (sometimes capital) a fancy pigeon having a bald pate and often large feathered feet [Old English munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Late Greek: solitary (man), from Greek monos alone] Monk [mʌŋk] n
1. (Biographies / Monk, Thelonious (Sphere) (1920-1982) M, US, MUSIC: jazz pianist, MUSIC: composer) Thelonious (Sphere) (θəˈləʊnɪəs). 1920-82, US jazz pianist and composer 2. (Biographies) a variant spelling of (George) Monck ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
monk Related words adjective monastic Translations monk n → Mönch m n monk [maŋk] a member of a male religious group, who lives in a monastery, away from the rest of society. monnik راهِب монах mnich munk der Mönch μοναχός monje munk راهب munkki moine נָזִיר भिक्षु redovnik szerzetes, barát biarawan munkur monaco, frate 修道士 수도사 vienuolis mūks sami monnik munk mnich, zakonnik monge călugăr монах mních menih monah munk พระสงฆ์ keşiş, rahip 修道士 чернець, монах راہب thầy tu 修道士 Monk → راهب mnich munk Mönch καλόγερος monje munkki moine redovnik monaco 修道士 수도승 monnik munk mnich monge монах munk พระ keşiş thầy tu 和尚 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Even a monk might have loved them as choice masterpieces of his Maker's hand. A swift messenger had the night before sped round to the outlying dependencies of the Abbey, and had left the summons for every monk to be back in the cloisters by the third hour after noontide. He added another history of a famous Abyssinian monk, who killed a devil two hundred feet high, and only four feet thick, that ravaged all the country; the peasants had a great desire to throw the dead carcase from the top of a rock, but could not with all their force remove it from the place, but the monk drew it after him with all imaginable ease and pushed it down. |
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