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# monk

«monk» in Mova's school dictionary: **a man who has given his life to God and lives in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a monk, monks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A monk is a man who has given his life to God and lives in a religious community called a monastery, following rules of prayer, work and simple living. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#m1)

2) (religion) Buddhist monks and monks in other religions live a similar life of prayer, study and meditation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, monks copied books by hand, made medicine and ran schools; Vikings raided monasteries such as Lindisfarne. In religious education monks take vows such as poverty and obedience; Buddhist monks wear saffron or maroon robes. Phrases: «a Buddhist monk», «a Benedictine monk», «live like a monk».

### examples

- The monks prayed together seven times a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#x1)
- Long ago, monks copied the Bible by hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#x2)
- A Buddhist monk taught us how to meditate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#x3)
- The Vikings attacked the monks at Lindisfarne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#x4)
- Monks grew herbs to make medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#x5)
- The monk wore a brown robe tied with a cord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#x6)
- Friar Tuck was a monk-like friar in the Robin Hood stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#x7)
- A man is told in a vision to kill a monk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/#x8)

### note

Countable: monks. Female equivalent: nun. Related: monastery (where monks live), monastic, abbot (head monk). Do not confuse with «monkey».

### In the corpora

- [Meanwhile, monks in the West copied old books by hand and kept learning alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/7/)
- [In 1517 Martin Luther, a German monk, criticised the Church for selling forgiveness, and printing spread his ideas quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/10/)
- [Our year numbers count from a starting point that a monk worked out about 1,500 years ago.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/125-bc-ad-dinosaurs-pyramids-timelines/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «monk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.