A man (in early use also, occasionally: a woman) who lives apart from the world and is devoted… Within the Christian Church: such a person…

A (fellow) member of a male religious order. Cf. frater, n.2 1 friar, n. 2a.

in Ormin as clawwstremann; cf. Old Norse klaustra-mann a monk.

man (woman,etc.) of religion: a person bound by religious vows, as a monk or nun; a member of the clergy. Now historical.

Sometimes loosely applied to members of the monastic or of the military orders.

A member of a monastic order or religious body, esp. within the Christian Church; (also) a follower of the founder of a monastic order or other…

a member of a religious order; a member of the clergy.

Christian Church. A priest belonging to a religious order; a monk, a friar; spec. a male superior of a religious community. Also as a title. Now rare.

a member of an abbey; a monk.

Ecclesiastical. One who wears a scapular. Obsolete. rare.

A monk.

A member of a monastic order; a monk.

One who wears a cowl; a monk.

A man bound by religious vows, or devoted to a religious life; a monk. Occasionally: such people considered collectively. Cf. religieuse, n. 1.

= religious, n. 2.

Ecclesiastical. One of those persons who are formally recognized by the Church as having by their exceptional holiness of life attained an…