Meaning | A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work. |
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Synonym | monk |
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Instances | Bacon, Roger Bacon | English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation |
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Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict | Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547) |
Mendel, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel | Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884) |
Pelagius | A British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will |
Narrower | Brother | (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address |
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Carthusian | A member of the Carthusian order |
Trappist, Cistercian | Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence |
Broader | religious | A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience |
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Spanish | monacato, monje |
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Catalan | monge, monjo |
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Adjectives | monastic | of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows |
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