monks

monks · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of monk; members of a religious community of men who have taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

  2. 2.

    Men who live in religious seclusion, often following a specific rule of life.

Related words

Antonyms: laypeople
See also: friars, monastery, monk, nuns
Synonyms: brothers, friars, monastics

Etymology

Plural of monk, from Old English munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Greek monakhos ("solitary"), from monos ("alone").