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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

monk a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; the earliest such communities were groups of hermits living in the desert. In England, the term was not applied before the Reformation to members of the mendicant orders, who were always called friars, but since that period the usage has widened to include members of those orders.

Recorded from Old English (in form munuc), the word is based on Greek monakhos ‘solitary’, from monos ‘alone’.

See also the cowl does not make the monk.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

monk OE. munuc = OS. munik (Du. monnik), OHG. munih (G. mönch), ON. múnkr; Gmc. — popL. *monicus, for late L. monachus — late Gr. mónakhos, sb. use of adj. ‘single, solitary’ (early transf. to coenobites), f. mónos alone.
Hence monkery, monkish XVI, monkshood Aconitum napellus, etc., having hood-shaped flowers. XVI.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

monk. The word is popularly applied to any member of a religious community of men living under vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, but its proper use is confined to hermits or members of a monastic community, whose main duty is to offer praise to God within a monastery.
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A Dictionary of Buddhism | 2004 | | Copyright

monk. Usual English translation of the Sanskrit word bhikṣu (Pāli, bhikkhu). Buddhist monks are referred to in different ways throughout the Buddhist world. For example, in Tibet they are known as lamas, in Burma as phongyi, and in Korea as pigu.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

monk / məngk/ • n. a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. DERIVATIVES: monk·ish adj. monk·ish·ly adv. monk·ish·ness n.

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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

monk Member of a monastic community living under vows of religious observance such as poverty, chastity and obedience. See also monasticism
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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Monk as affix, see main name, e.g. for Monk Bretton (Barns.) see Bretton.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

monk see monasticism .

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Monk: see MONASTICISM.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

monk •bonk, clonk, conk, cronk, honk, Leblanc, pétanque, plonk, tronc, zonk •honky-tonk • oink • Munch •bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, flunk, funk, gunk, hunk, junk, Monck, monk, plunk, punk, shrunk, skunk, slunk, spunk, stunk, sunk, thunk, trunk •chipmunk • quidnunc • cyberpunk •punch-drunk • countersunk

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