monk

Definition of monk in English English dictionary: An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships; A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service; A judge; A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit; {n} one who lives in a monastery; a male member of a religious community living under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience; strictly it is confined to members of those bodies which live a communal life; A male member of a religious community who has taken vows of poverty (having no possessions), chastity (having no sexual relations) and obedience (accepting the authority of his abbot) A monk is dedicated to a life of prayer and contemplation in a closed community - monastery; a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work; (Gr Monachos; fem Monache) An individual who denies the world in order to live a religious life under the monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience See the article onMonasticism in the Orthodox Church; man who dedicates his life to his religion; A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus; a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery; The Tibetans have novices and fully-ordained monks (Skt bhikshu) as in other Buddhist traditions The status of monk is respected, but it is not as central to the religious tradition in some ways as in the Theravadin countries, because of the greater importance of lay practice and particularly the role of the LAMA Note that most monks are not lamas, and lamas are not necessarily monks; Chuenglish | adronato; A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; A man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery; in printing, is a black smear or blotch made by leaving too much ink on the part Caxton set up his printing-press in the scriptorium of Westminster Abbey; and the associations of this place gave rise to the slang expressions monk and friar for black and white defects (See Friar, Chapel ) Give a man a monk (French, “Luy bailler le moyne) ” To do one a mischief Rabelais says that Grangousier (after the battle of Picrochole) asked “what was become of Friar John;” to which Gargantua replied, “No doubt the enemy has the monk,” alluding to the pugnacious feats of this wonderful churchman, who knocked men down like ninepins (Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel, book i 45 ); A monk is a member of a male religious community that is usually separated from the outside world. saffron-robed Buddhist monks. See George Monck. American jazz pianist and composer whose spare style and unusual harmonic sense made him one of the most influential modern jazz musicians. a member of an all-male religious group that lives apart from other people in a monastery nun. White Monk Monk Meredith Jane Monk Thelonious Sphere; {i} hermit, male member of a religious order; The European bullfinch; A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine; 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 member of a religious brotherhood living in a monastery and devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order; a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982); United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982); It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink
monk seal: A seal of the genus Monachus
monk vulture: Alternative name of Eurasian black vulture
monk vultures: plural form of monk vulture
monk's hood: The dried leaves or flowers of these plants formerly used as a source of medicinal alkaloids
monk's hood: Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood
monk's pepper: Another name of the chaste tree
monk seal: Any of several small subtropical seals of the genus Monachus found in the Hawaiian, Mediterranean, and Caribbean regions and characterized by brown, black, or gray coloration and by folds of skin on the neck
monk's cloth: a heavy cloth in basket weave
monk's life: life of a hermit, lifestyle like that of a religious monk (characterized by abstinence, self-denial, etc.)
Caribbean monk seal: Monachus tropicalis, an extinct seal once native to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
monkish: Tending to self-denial; ascetic
monkish: {a} pertaining to or resembling monks
A monk: monastic
A monk: swami
Buddhist monk: monk of the Buddhist religion (nontheistic religion founded by the Buddha)
Christian monk: member of a Christian order or community (especially one in which rigid discipline and abstinence are observed)
George Monk: {i} George Monck (1608-1670), English general who orchestrated the return of the Stuart monarch after the death of Oliver Cromwell
Gray Monk: monk belonging to a Benedictine order
Grey Monk: monk belonging to a Benedictine order
Hindu monk: monk who is a member of the Hindu religion
Meredith Jane Monk: born Nov. 20, 1942, Lima, Peru Peruvian-born U.S. composer and performance artist. She was raised in Connecticut and New York and attended Sarah Lawrence College. She soon formed her first group, The House (1968), to explore extended vocal techniques (many learned from study of other cultures) in combination with dance, film, theatre, and other elements, in genre-defying works such as Juice (1969). One of the original creators of performance art, she has remained unique and unclassifiable
Meredith Monk: born Nov. 20, 1942, Lima, Peru Peruvian-born U.S. composer and performance artist. She was raised in Connecticut and New York and attended Sarah Lawrence College. She soon formed her first group, The House (1968), to explore extended vocal techniques (many learned from study of other cultures) in combination with dance, film, theatre, and other elements, in genre-defying works such as Juice (1969). One of the original creators of performance art, she has remained unique and unclassifiable
Monkish: monking
Thelonious Monk: born Oct. 10, 1917, Rocky Mount, N.C., U.S. died Feb. 17, 1982, Englewood, N.J. U.S. jazz pianist and composer. Monk grew up in New York City. He worked as the house pianist at Minton's Playhouse in New York (1940-43), where the expanding harmonic vocabulary of bebop was developed. He performed with Coleman Hawkins, Cootie Williams (1908?-85), and Dizzy Gillespie before making recordings under his own name beginning in 1947. His highly idiosyncratic, percussive playing made frequent use of sharp dissonances and insistent rhythms unusual in jazz. His best-known composition, "'Round Midnight," has become a jazz standard
Thelonious Sphere Monk: born Oct. 10, 1917, Rocky Mount, N.C., U.S. died Feb. 17, 1982, Englewood, N.J. U.S. jazz pianist and composer. Monk grew up in New York City. He worked as the house pianist at Minton's Playhouse in New York (1940-43), where the expanding harmonic vocabulary of bebop was developed. He performed with Coleman Hawkins, Cootie Williams (1908?-85), and Dizzy Gillespie before making recordings under his own name beginning in 1947. His highly idiosyncratic, percussive playing made frequent use of sharp dissonances and insistent rhythms unusual in jazz. His best-known composition, "'Round Midnight," has become a jazz standard
black monk: A Benedictine monk
monkish: befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial
monkish: Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude
monkish: Pertaining to, or resembling a monk or monasticism
monkish: {s} of or like a monk, of a monastery (derogatory)
monks: plural of monk
sea monk: See Monk seal, under Monk

monk

Hyphenation

Monk

Turkish pronunciation

mʌngk

Synonyms

abbot, anchorite, ascetic, brother, cenobite, eremite, friar, hermit, monastic, priest, recluse, religious, solitary

Pronunciation

/ˈməɴɢk/ /ˈmʌŋk/

Etymology

[ 'm&[ng]k ] (noun.) before 12th century. Old English munuc Latin monachus Ancient Greek μοναχός (monachos, “single, solitary”) μόνος (monos, “alone”)