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A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
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In earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
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A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
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An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
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A judge.
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A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
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A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
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A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthosternos.
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The bullfinch, common bullfinch, European bullfinch, or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
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The monkfish.
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A fuse for firing mines.