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    monk
    monk /mʌŋk/ noun [countable]
     Language: Old English
     Origin: munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Greek monos; ⇨ mono-
    a member of an all-male religious group that lives apart from other people in a monastery ⇨ nun
    —monkish adjective