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monk

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  1. religious             
 
monk \'m*nk\ \'m*n-kish\ n [ME, fr. OE munuc, fr. LL monachus, fr. L Gk 
   monachos, fr. Gk], adj., single, fr. monos ingle, alone; akin to OHG mengen 
   to lack, Gk manos sparse : a man who is a member of a religious order and 
   lives in a monastery;  also : a solitary ascetic or cenobite - monk.ish aj