monk Definition

monk
noun

1. A member of a religious community of men living disciplined austere lives devoted primarily to worship, under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

Thesaurus: brother, friar, abbot, priest, prior; eremite, ascetic, monastic; hermit, recluse.

Derivative: monkish

Relating to or like a monk.

often rather derog
Monastic.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon munuc: from Greek monachos, from monos alone.