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Topic: RELIGION

Language: Old English
Origin: munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Greek monos; MONO-

monk

 noun
     
monk [countable]
RR a member of an all-male religious group that lives apart from other people in a monastery [↪ nun]
—monkish adjective
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