monk

About 6.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
2. noun In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
3. noun Someone who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
4. noun An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
5. noun A judge.
6. noun An inkblot.
7. noun A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
8. noun The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).

Similar words

monastic fra friar priest guru man meng mongolian monaco fray

Often followed by

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Word family

Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk monks