monk

Noun
  1. A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work (synset 110131898)
    is a type of: religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
    subtypes:
    • brother - (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
    • carthusian - a member of the Carthusian order
    • cistercian, trappist - member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
    specific instances:
    • bacon, roger bacon - English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
    • benedict, saint benedict, st. benedict - Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
    • gregor mendel, johann mendel, mendel - Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
    • pelagius - a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
    same as: monastic
  2. United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) (synset 111205490)
    is an instance of: jazz musician, jazzman - a musician who plays or composes jazz music
    same as: thelonious monk, thelonious sphere monk

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