All 3 Uses of
monk
in
The Fountainhead
- He did not look like an artist, he looked like the quarry worker, like a wrecker demolishing walls, and like a monk.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- It became amusing, at first, to accept "Monk" Toohey; then it became distinctive and progressive.†
Chpt 2.9
- This was just like Toohey, thought Keating; this pose amidst the severe fastidiousness of his living room; a single canvas by a famous artist on the wall behind him—and the rest of the room unobtrusive like a monk's cell; no, thought Keating, like the retreat of a king in exile, scornful of material display.†
Chpt 4.7
Definition:
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(monk) a male member of a religious order typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience