† monach(eObs.rare. [ad. L. monach-us monk.] An affected substitute for ‘monk’. c1540tr.Pol. Verg. Eng.Hist. (Camden) 129 Augustine and Miletus, two monaches of sownde livinge.1611H. Broughton Require Agreem. 62 Fuller of eyes then all the Bridge-maker monaches to this day.