| Monk (monk) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Monk |
| [AS. munuc,
munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. (?), fr.
mo`nos alone. Cf. Monachism.] |
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.
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