Monk

Definition of Monk

n.

1.

A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.

Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are.

- Ayliffe.

2.

(Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

3.

A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

4.

(Zool.) A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.

Monk bat
(Zool.) a South American and West Indian bat (Molossus nasutus); - so called because the males live in communities by themselves.

Monk bird
(Zool.) the friar bird.

Monk seal
(Zool.) a species of seal (Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.

Monk's rhubarb
(Bot.) a kind of dock; - also called patience (Rumex Patientia).

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