English noun: monk |
1. | monk (person) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work |
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| Synonyms | monastic |
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| Broader (hypernym) | religious |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Brother, Carthusian, Cistercian, Trappist |
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| Instance hyponym | Bacon, Benedict, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel, Mendel, Pelagius, Roger Bacon, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict |
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2. | Monk (person) United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) |
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| Synonyms | Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk |
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| Instance hypernym | jazz musician, jazzman |
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