monk

noun/mʌŋk/

Frequency rank: #4,615 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a man who is a member of a religious community and lives apart from society.

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Example sentence

The monk woke up before sunrise to meditate in the quiet temple.

Synonyms & related words

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