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Charles Buck Dictionary
• Monk
• Basilian Monks
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Theodosius, a Monophysite Monk
• Severinus, Monk of Noricum
• Macarius, an Egyptian Hermit or Monk
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• White Monks
• Monks, White
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Webster Dictionary
• Sea Monk
• Monking
• Monk's Seam
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Monk
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Basilian Monks
• George Monk, 1st Duke of Albemarle
• George the Monk
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Acton (Monk)
• Adalbert, a Monk of Fleury
• Adam, 12th Century Monk
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Monk
• Monk of Heilsbronn
• The Monk of Malmesbury
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Abraham the Monk

(D.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Munch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monne, are from the Lat. monachus, adapted from Gr. povaxos, one living alone, a solitary; µovos, alone), a member of a community of men living a life under vows of religious observance; the term is properly confined to a member of a Christian community, but is sometimes applied to members of Buddhist and Mahommedan religious brotherhoods. The Greek and Latin name was first used of the hermits, but was early widened to embrace the coenobites. The term "monk" should not be used either of "friars" or of "canons regular." (See MONASTICISM.)