亚洲网紅露点

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

monk

1

[ muhngk ]

noun

  1. (in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

    Synonyms:

  2. (in any religion) a man who is a member of a monastic order:

    a Buddhist monk.

  3. Printing. a dark area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Compare friar ( def 2 ).


Monk

2

[ muhngk ]

noun

  1. (James) Arthur Art, born 1957, U.S. football player.
  2. 罢丑别路濒辞路苍颈路辞耻蝉 [th, uh, -, loh, -nee-, uh, s] (Sphere), 1917鈥1982, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
  3. George. Monck, George.

Monk

1

/ 尘蕦艐办 /

noun

  1. MonkThelonious (Sphere)19201982MUSMUSIC: jazz pianistMUSIC: composer Thelonious ( Sphere ) (胃蓹藞l蓹蕣n瑟蓹s). 1920鈥82, US jazz pianist and composer
  2. a variant spelling of (George) Monck
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

monk

2

/ 尘蕦艐办 /

noun

  1. a male member of a religious community bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience monastic
  2. sometimes capital a fancy pigeon having a bald pate and often large feathered feet
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of monk1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Greek 尘辞苍补肠丑贸蝉 鈥渉ermit,鈥 noun use of adjective: 鈥渟olitary,鈥 equivalent to 尘贸苍(辞蝉) 鈥渁lone鈥 + -achos adjective suffix
Discover More

亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of monk1

Old English munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Late Greek: solitary (man), from Greek monos alone
Discover More

Synonym Study

Monk, friar refer to members of special male groups whose lives are devoted to the service of the church, especially in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox denominations. A monk is properly a member of a monastery, under a superior; he is bound by a vow of stability, and is a co-owner of the community property of the monastery. Since the Reformation, monk and friar have been used as if they were the same. A friar is, however, strictly speaking, a member of a mendicant order, whose members are not attached to a monastery and own no community property.
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

In that case, Louisiana regulators prevented monks from selling handmade caskets without demonstrating any legitimate public interest in health, safety, or consumer protection.

From

Nearly 850 years after it was razed to the ground with its resident monks killed, the secrets of Erenagh may have been brought to the surface.

From

Legend has it that around the 6th Century, Indian Buddhist monk Bodhidharma introduced these techniques to the Shaolin monks, influencing the more famous Chinese martial art.

From

Each monk feels a different part of the elephant and comes to the wrong conclusion about what the elephant actually is.

From

It used to be that academia was the equivalent of a convent, where the nuns and monks went to do their thinking, and even that doesn鈥檛 exist anymore.

From

Advertisement

Related 亚洲网紅露点s

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Monizmonkery