See also:- 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)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the See also:Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. See also:Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the See also:Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
, a member of a community of men living a See also:life under vows, of religiou observance; the See also:term is properly confined to a member of a See also:Christian community, but is sometimes applied to members of Buddhist and See also:Mahommedan religious brotherhoods
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The See also:Greek and Latin name was first used of the hermits, but was See also:early widened to embrace the coenobites
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