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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 724 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the
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Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger.
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Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the
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Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)  , a member of a community of men living a
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life under vows, of religiou observance; the
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term is properly confined to a member of a
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Christian community, but is sometimes applied to members of Buddhist and
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Mahommedan religious brotherhoods . The
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Greek and Latin name was first used of the hermits, but was
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early widened to embrace the coenobites .

End of Article: MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
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