All 45 Uses of
monk
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Crouching in the shadows of the choir balcony high above the altar, Sister Sandrine peered silently through the balustrade at the cloaked monk kneeling alone.†
Chpt 19-20 *
- The mysterious Opus Dei monk had come to Saint-Sulpice for another purpose.†
Chpt 23-24
- The bloody monk was now quietly donning his cloak again, clutching his prize as he moved toward the altar, toward the Bible.†
Chpt 29-30
- Turning in terror, she saw the massive monk.†
Chpt 31-32
- "They are dead," the monk said.†
Chpt 31-32
- A sudden explosion of rage erupted behind the monk's eyes.†
Chpt 31-32
- Although his familiarity with art did not include woodworking or inlaid furniture, he had just recalled the famous tiled ceiling of the Spanish monastery outside of Madrid, where, three centuries after its construction, the ceiling tiles began to fall out, revealing sacred texts scrawled by monks on the plaster beneath.†
Chpt 63-64
- "You know what I have come for," the monk said, his voice hollow.†
Chpt 65-66
- The monk's eyes fell immediately to the keystone on Teabing's lap.†
Chpt 65-66
- "My Teacher is very wise," the monk replied, inching closer, the gun shifting between Teabing and Sophie.†
Chpt 65-66
- "You're bleeding," Teabing noted calmly, nodding to the monk's right ankle where a trickle of blood had run down his leg.†
Chpt 65-66
- "As do you," the monk replied, motioning to the metal crutches propped beside Teabing.†
Chpt 65-66
- The monk closed to within a few feet, keeping the gun aimed directly at Teabing's head.†
Chpt 65-66
- Sophie watched, feeling helpless as the monk reached out to take the cylinder.†
Chpt 65-66
- The massive body of an albino monk lay bound and gagged with duct tape.†
Chpt 65-66
- From his seat on the divan, Langdon gazed down at the monk and tried to imagine what had happened.†
Chpt 65-66
- He pointed his crutch at the blood soaking through the monk's cloak.†
Chpt 65-66
- Not surprisingly, the media spotlighted their spiritual commitment only briefly before moving on to the shock value of the sect's more stringent "numerary" members… members like the monk now lying on the floor before Langdon.†
Chpt 65-66
- Beside her, Teabing glanced over his shoulder at the bound and gagged monk lying in the cramped luggage area behind the back seat.†
Chpt 67-68
- Teabing had the monk's gun on his lap and looked like an old photo of a British safari chap posing over his kill.†
Chpt 67-68
- The monk in back was moaning now, struggling against his trusses.†
Chpt 67-68
- The monk fell silent.†
Chpt 67-68
- "This monk is not working alone, Robert," Teabing said, "and until you learn who is behind all this, you both are in danger.†
Chpt 67-68
- The dignified surroundings, however, did little to camouflage the less than dignified state of affairs in the rear of the plane where, in a separate seating area near the rest room, Teabing's manservant Rémy sat with the pistol in hand, begrudgingly carrying out Teabing's orders to stand guard over the bloody monk who lay trussed at his feet like a piece of luggage.†
Chpt 69-70
- Sophie argued, "The monk has not yet told us his purpose."†
Chpt 69-70
- "The monk's purpose is the Church's purpose," Teabing replied, "to destroy the documents that reveal the great deception.†
Chpt 69-70
- He looked down at the bound monk at his feet.†
Chpt 71-72
- The hum of the engines and the gentle rocking of the plane were hypnotic, and his head still throbbed where he'd been hit by the monk.†
Chpt 73-74
- "Our friend the monk isn't talking yet," he chimed, "but give him time."†
Chpt 75-76
- He scowled toward the monk in the rear of the plane.†
Chpt 79-80
- With the police closing in fast, Langdon and Sophie dragged the monk down the gangway to ground level and out of sight behind the limousine.†
Chpt 81-82
- Now, as the limousine raced toward Kent, Langdon and Sophie clambered toward the rear of the limo's long interior, leaving the monk bound on the floor.†
Chpt 81-82
- He got out of the car, walked toward the rear, and climbed back into the limousine's main cabin where the monk was.†
Chpt 83-84
- Sensing Rémy's presence, the monk in the back emerged from a prayer-like trance, his red eyes looking more curious than fearful.†
Chpt 83-84
- After some initial struggles in the Range Rover, the monk seemed to have accepted his plight and given over his fate to a higher power.†
Chpt 83-84
- The monk recoiled, struggling against his bonds.†
Chpt 83-84
- Three minutes later, with the help of his sidearm, he had a full confession, including a description of the bound albino monk.†
Chpt 83-84
- The monk's red eyes filled with anger and frustration, and Rémy tightened with fear that Silas might actually shoot Langdon while he was holding the cryptex.†
Chpt 85-86
- Rémy called to the monk.†
Chpt 85-86
- As the monk advanced, Langdon stepped back, raising the keystone high, looking fully prepared to hurl it at the floor.†
Chpt 85-86
- Even if Rémy changed clothes, he was partnered with an albino monk.†
Chpt 87-88
- As Rémy took the phone, he knew this poor, twisted monk had no idea what fate awaited him now that he had served his purpose.†
Chpt 91-92
- We are trying to find an albino monk.†
Chpt 93-94
- Langdon had once visited the abbey's famous College Garden—a small fruit orchard and herb garden—left over from the days when monks grew natural pharmacological remedies here.†
Chpt 97-98
- His dirty work had been carried out unknowingly by a fanatical monk and a desperate bishop.†
Chpt 103-104
Definition:
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(monk) a male member of a religious order typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience