monk

Meaning

Noun

1. A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
2. In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
3. (slang) Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
4. (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
5. (slang) A judge.
6. (archaic) An inkblot.
7. A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
8. The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
9. The monkfish.
10. (historical) A fuse for firing mines.

Verb

1. To be a monk.
2. To act like a monk; especially to be contemplative.
3. To monkey or meddle; to behave in a manner that is not systematic.
4. To be intoxicated or confused.
5. (transitive) To attach so that it sticks out.

Synonyms

priest

friar

Buddhist priest

brother

👨‍👦

monastic

hermit

Buddhist monk

nun

minister

ascetic

entering the priesthood

lay brother

luck

🍀

mullion

religious

sadhu

sage

saint

votary

wise man

holy man

reverend

Christian monk

home of a monk

cloisterer

religioner

angel fiddle fish

angel puffy fish

angel ray

angelshark

escat jueu

fiddle fish

angel

👼

raised doughnut

angelfish

angel shark

angler

anglerfish

boil

bonze

coenobite

conventual

donut

intellectual

Translations

Mönch

moine

monje

monaco

monnik

monachus

frate

👨‍👦

monge

monjo

καλόγερος

μοναχός

kloosterbroeder

keşiş

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mʌŋk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: monk

Inherited from Old English: munuc

In summary

From Middle English monk, from Old English munuc, from Proto-West Germanic *munik, from Late Latin monicus, variant of monachus, from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Sentences

He took the fourth part and handed it to the monk .

But he kept quiet , because he had heard what the alchemist said to the monk .