Monk

Noun

 * 1) A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
 * 2) in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
 * 3)  A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
 * 4)  An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
 * 5)  A judge.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:recluse

Related terms

 * monastery
 * monastic

Adjectives for Monk
fanatical; ascetic;  tonsured;  preaching; cloistered; patient; persecuting; indifferent; excommunicated; abominable; lecherous.

Thesaurus
Cape polecat, abbacomes, abbot, ape, ascetic, bar, beadsman, bear, brother, caloyer, cavy, celibataire, celibate, cenobite, chimp, chimpanzee, coenobite, conventual, conventual prior, coon, ferret, foumart, friar, glutton, grand prior, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, hermit, hieromonach, lay abbot, lay brother, mendicant, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monkey, mousehound, nun, opossum, palmer, pilgrim, pillar saint, pillarist, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, priest, prior, quill pig, raccoon, religieux, religious, single, skunk, stylite, unmarried, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril

Etymology
munuc: < monachus: <  μοναχός: < μόνος:

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: վանական (vanakan)
 * Burmese: ဘုန်းကြီး, ရဟန်း, ပဉ္စင်း, ဘိက္ခု
 * Catalan: monjo
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: munkur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Georgian: ბერი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: munkur
 * Ido: monako
 * Indonesian: rahib, biksu
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:, 坊さん,  修道士,  ,  (, hōshi)
 * Khmer: លោកសង្ឃ, លោកសង្ឃបព្វជិត
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: mnich, mniszka , zakonnik , siostra zakonna
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovak: mních, rehoľník
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ruhban
 * Ukrainian:
 * Volapük: kleudan,  hikleudan
 * Welsh: mynach
 * West Frisian: muonts
 * Volapük: kleudan,  hikleudan
 * Welsh: mynach
 * West Frisian: muonts
 * West Frisian: muonts


 * Italian:


 * Slovak: mních


 * : biarawan
 * : راهب (raheb)
 * : kaluđer, duhovnik

Etymology
munuc: