monk
A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
Other meanings
In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "munuc".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “monk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.