A member of a religious group that lives apart from society.

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

a male religious ascetic

a man who is a vowed member of a monastic community of men

a man who retires from the world to live in a monastery as a member of some religious order

a member of an autonomous contemplative community, typically following the Rule of Benedict or one of its variants

a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle

a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strictreligious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the samepath

a male member of a religious community living under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience; strictly it is confined to members of those bodies which live a communal life

A member of a monastic community such as the Benedictines, Trappists, etc., under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience according to a specific rule.

man who is a member of a religious community living in a monastery

A person who practices a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle. It is usually practiced in a monastery with other monks.

A man who takes vows of poverty, obedience and chastity and who lives in a monastery. See " monastery," "nun" and " convent."

one who has taken life-long vows of poverty, chastity, stability, and obedience in the rite of tonsure. A monk forswears acquisitiveness, fleshly pleasures, and self-will for the sake of salvation and for the love of Christ. It is customary in the Orthodox Church to recognize three grades of monasticism, distinguished by increasing degrees of asceticism: rasophore monk, monk of the small schema, and monk of the great schema. The complete habit or monastic garb belongs to the great schema, while lesser parts of the habit are given to the lower grades. From the Greek, monachos, alone or unique.

(noun) A man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery.

A man who has taken vows and joined a religious community

A man who is a member of a brotherhood living in a monastery and devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order: a Carthusian monk; a Buddhist monk.

(bhikshu): Male follower of the Buddha who has left "home" and keeps the full 250 vows. A female follower of the Buddha who has left "home" and keeps the full 348 vows is a nun (bhiksuni).

A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, the conditioning of mind and body in favor of the spirit. The concept is very ancient and can be seen in many religions.

Monk is a metro station in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It features many works of art, including the large sculpture Pic et Pelle by artist Germain Bergeron. Monk also features many balconies that overlook the main station below, however they have been closed for the safety of the visually impaired.

The Monk is a character class in a number of table-top roleplaying and computer games, notably the Dungeons & Dragons game.

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, monk is one of the base character classes. A monk is a martial artist, proficient in unarmed combat.

a man of prayer

a man who gave up a family, material well-being, worldly happiness, and most family and social relations

a man who has been called by the Holy Spirit to relinquish the cares, desires and ambitions of other men, and devote his entire life to seeking God

a man who practices dying as a way of life

a man who seeks God because he has been found by God

a man who separates himself from ordinary human society in order to pursue a life of total dedication to God

a man who wants to go to heaven

a man who wants to make God the center of his life

a man who wears death in the cloth of his uniform

a practitioner who discards mundane life in

In Buddhism and other specific religions, a monk is a holy man.