Monk+or+nun

  • 1Monk and Nun — A roof of Monk and Nun tiles Monk and Nun is a style of roof similar to Imbrex and tegula, but instead of using a flat tile (tegula) and an arched tile (imbrex), two arched ibrex tiles are used. The top linking tiles are the monk tiles and the… …

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  • 2monk */ — UK [mʌŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms monk : singular monk plural monks a man who lives in a religious community away from other people. Monks live in a building called a monastery a Franciscan/Buddhist monk • See: nun Derived word: monkish… …

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  • 3Monk Eastman — (* um 1873 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City; † 26. Dezember 1920 in Manhattan) alias Edward Ostermann war ein US amerikanischer Krimineller, Begründer der Eastman Gang und wird heute der Kosher Nostra zugerechnet. Weitere Decknamen waren… …

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  • 4Monk’s Music — Monk s Music Studioalbum von Thelonious Monk Veröffentlichung 1957 Label Riverside/OJC …

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  • 5monk — [ mʌŋk ] noun count * a man who lives in a religious community away from other people. Monks live in a building called a monastery: a Franciscan/Buddhist monk ╾ monk|ish adjective: a monkish life ─ compare NUN …

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  • 6Monk [1] — Monk, 1) Georg M., Herzog von Albemarle, geb. 1608 in Potheridge bei Torrington in Devonshire, aus altadeliger Familie. Da er einen Gerichtsdiener, welcher seinen Vater wegen Schulden verhaften wollte, gemißhandelt hatte, mußte er fliehen u. kam… …

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  • 7nun — un (n[u^]n), n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. {Nunnery}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and… …

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  • 8Nun buoy — nun un (n[u^]n), n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. {Nunnery}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity,… …

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  • 9monk — [mʌŋk] n [: Old English; Origin: munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Greek monos; MONO ] a member of an all male religious group that lives apart from other people in a ↑monastery →↑nun >monkish adj …

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  • 10monk — *religious, friar, nun Analogous words: *recluse, hermit, eremite, anchorite, cenobite …

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