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Monk

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monasticnounOf or relating to monasteries or monks.

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monasticnounA person with monastic ways; a monk.
franounA title of a friar or monk: brother.
friarnounA member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
priestnounA religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
gurunoun(sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.
mannounAn adult male human.
mengnounA Chinese surname from Mandarin.
mongoliannoun(countable) A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.
monaconounA city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco
fraynoun(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
munchnoun(countable, colloquial) An act of eating.
moinenoun
moinesnoun
cenobitenounA monk who lives in a religious community, rather than in solitude.
coenobitenounAlternative spelling of cenobite. [A new or recent member of a Greek monastic religious order; a caloyer.]
asceticnounCharacterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
hermitnounA recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
brothernounSon of the same parents as another person.
priornounComing before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
cloisterernounOne belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.

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