Defenition of the word monk

• Defenition of the word monk

  • A man who is member of a religious order and lives under community rules separated from the world.
  • a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
  • United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

Synonyms for the word monk

• • cleric
  • holy man
  • holy woman
  • monastic
  • nun
  • parson
  • preacher
  • priest
  • rector
  • reverend
  • vicar

Similar words in the monk

• • monk
  • monk's
  • monkeyed
  • monkeying
  • monkeyshine
  • monkeyshines
  • monks

Hyponyms for the word monk

• • Bacon
  • Benedict
  • Brother
  • Carthusian
  • Cistercian
  • Gregor Mendel
  • Johann Mendel
  • Mendel
  • Roger Bacon
  • Saint Benedict
  • St. Benedict
  • Trappist

Hypernyms for the word monk

• • jazz musician
  • jazzman
  • religious
  • surname

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