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Definition
a male member of a religious order typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
- Most of it he contributed anonymously to the monks of a local monastery—humble ascetics who had dedicated their lives to raising German police dogs.4 — The Laughing Man (27% in)
- I live like an evil-minded monk myself.8 — De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period (87% in)
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