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Meaning of 'monk'
Meaning of 'monk' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Monk 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- 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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