Synonyms for monk
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muhngk |
| Phonetic Transcription : mʌŋk |
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Définition of monk
Origin :- Old English munuc "monk" (used also of women), from Proto-Germanic *muniko- (cf. Old Frisian munek, Middle Dutch monic, Old High German munih, Ger. Mönch), an early borrowing from Vulgar Latin *monicus (source of French moine, Spanish monje, Italian monaco), from Late Latin monachus "monk," originally "religious hermit," from Ecclesiastical Greek monakhos "monk," noun use of a classical Greek adjective meaning "solitary," from monos "alone" (see mono-). For substitution of -o- for -u-, see come.
- In England, before the Reformation, the term was not applied to the members of the mendicant orders, who were always called friars. From the 16th c. to the 19th c., however, it was usual to speak of the friars as a class of monks. In recent times the distinction between the terms has been carefully observed by well-informed writers. In French and Ger. the equivalent of monk is applied equally to 'monks' and 'friars.' [OED]
- noun man who devotes life to contemplation of god
- But Wyland, the monk, was a man of magic and could see through things.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- The monk has bound two books for me in return for the art-wares which I gave him.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- They are all brothers, and are descended from the father of the Monk of the Yangtze-kiang.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Upon that the monk did not dare deceive him, but pointed to the hollow tree.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Afterward the monk told the tale to the scholar who wrote it down.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Once upon a time there lived a monk at Puto who was exceedingly learned.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Three years before in this stirring town I had felt guilty at being a monk.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- When the monk had gone a little further, he met one who rode an armored steed.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- He honored the Monk as his master, and thenceforward was known as the Wanderer.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Guan Yin, who had released him, gave the Monk a golden circlet.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
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