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Definition of monk noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

monk

noun
 
 
/mʌŋk/
 
/mʌŋk/
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  1. a member of a religious group of men who often live apart from other people in a monastery and who do not marry or have personal possessions
    • Benedictine/Buddhist monks
    compare friar, nun see also monkishTopics Religion and festivalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • Buddhist
    • Tibetan
    • Zen
    • …
    verb + monk
    • become
    monk + verb
    • chant
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    Word OriginOld English munuc, based on Greek monakhos ‘solitary’, from monos ‘alone’.
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