[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

monk \monk\, n. as. munuc, munec, munc, l. monachus, gr. ?, fr.
   mo`nos alone. cf. monachism.
   1. a man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of
      the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a
      religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and
      bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and
      poverty. "a monk out of his cloister." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in
            the substantial vows of religion; but in other
            respects monks and regulars differ; for that
            regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so
            strict a rule of life as monks are.   --ayliffe.
      1913 webster

   2. print. a blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused
      by the ink not being properly distributed. it is
      distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a
      deficiency of ink.
      1913 webster

   3. a piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the
      powder hose or train of a mine.
      1913 webster

   4. zool.
      a a south american monkey pithecia monachus; also
          applied to other species, as cebus xanthocephalus.
      b the european bullfinch.
          1913 webster

   monk bat zool., a south american and west indian bat
      molossus nasutus; -- so called because the males live
      in communities by themselves.

   monk birdzool., the friar bird.

   monk seal zool., a species of seal monachus
      albiventer inhabiting the black sea, the mediterranean
      sea, and the adjacent parts of the atlantic.

   monk's rhubarb bot., a kind of dock; -- also called
      patience rumex patientia.
      1913 webster
see also:
monachism pithecia monachus cebus xanthocephalus monk bat molossus nasutus monk bird 
monk seal monachus albiventer monk's rhubarb patience rumex patientia 

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