monknoun [ C ]
uk/mʌŋk/us/mʌŋk/a member of a group of religious men who do not marry and usually live together in a monastery
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Religious people: monks & nuns
- abbess
- abbey
- abbot
- anchorite
- ascetic
- benedictine
- flagellant
- Franciscan
- friar
- friary
- habit
- hermit
- monasticism
- mother
- novice
- nun
- nunnery
- sister
- Trappist monk
- veil
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Examples from literature
- In Thailand, Buddhist monks built a whole religious building from green and brown bottles.