- A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the
world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of
men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity,
obedience, and poverty. - A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink
not being properly distributed. It is 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 xanthocephalus. - The European bullfinch.
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