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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man who devotes life to contemplation of god |
| Synonyms: | abbot, anchorite, ascetic, brother, cenobite, eremite, friar, hermit, monastic, priest, recluse, religious, solitary |
| Notes: | the difference between a monk and a friar is that friars get out and do not stay in monasteries |
| Main Entry: | monkey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | primate |
| Synonyms: | anthropoid, ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla, imp, lemur, monk, orangutan, rascal, scamp, simian |
| Notes: | a monkey is a primate and not a type of ape, an ape is a primate and not a type of monkey, and a chimpanzee is a type of ape (so it's a primate but not a monkey) |
| Main Entry: | priest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man who is minister in Roman or Orthodox Catholic church |
| Synonyms: | clergyperson, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, elder, father, father confessor, friar, holy man, lama, man of God, man of the cloth, monk, padre, pontiff, preacher, rector, vicar |
| Notes: | a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader |
| Main Entry: | recluse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not want social contact |
| Synonyms: | anchorite, ascetic, cenobite, eremite, hermit, monk, nun, solitaire, solitary, troglodyte |
| Antonyms: | extrovert |
| Main Entry: | cenobite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monastic |
| Synonyms: | celibate, monk, nun, religious |
| Main Entry: | abbot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prior |
| Synonyms: | abbot-general, archabbot, friar, monk, rector |
| Main Entry: | mendicant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | monk, panhandler, pauper, vagabond |
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