Definitions for Monk

Monk monk

Spelling: [muhngk]
IPA: /mʌŋk/

Monk is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in Monk (kmno).

Definitions for Monk

noun

  1. (in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
  2. (in any religion) a man who is a member of a monastic order:
  3. Printing. a dark area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Compare friar (def 2).
  4. (James) Arthur ("Art") born 1957, U.S. football player.
  5. Thelonious [thuh-loh-nee-uh s] /θəˈloʊ ni əs/ (Show IPA), (Sphere) 1917–1982, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
  6. George, Monck, George.

Origin of Monk

before 900; Middle English; Old English munuc Late Latin monachus Greek monachós hermit, noun use of adj.: solitary, equivalent to món(os) alone + -achos adj. suffix

Examples for Monk

One day, he took a monk with a cleanly shaven head and had him walk around a light bulb to demonstrate this theory.

He was one of living symbols of “White Ribbon Revolution” of 2012, always in black, slim, shaved, almost a monk.

The monk has bound two books for me in return for the art-wares which I gave him.

They are all brothers, and are descended from the father of the monk of the Yangtze-kiang.

Though he currently lives in India, the Dalai Lama has told Vreeland that he must return someday to live as a monk in America.

And she really felt becoming a monk was turning your back on the wonders of the world.

The Austria-based restaurant was first noted by the scholar and monk Albuin, who was a devout follower of Charlemagne.

Upon that the monk did not dare deceive him, but pointed to the hollow tree.

Afterward the monk told the tale to the scholar who wrote it down.

But Wyland, the monk, was a man of magic and could see through things.

Word Value for Monk
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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