"monk" in the noun sense

1. monk, monastic

a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work

2. Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk

United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

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At length the fox turns monk.[ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The cowl does not make the monk.[ Proverb ]

The dress does not make the monk.[ Rabelais ]

It is not the habit that makes the monk.[ Proverb ]

Take heed of an ox before, of a horse behind, of a monk on all sides.[ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Offend but one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as Rome.[ German Proverb ]

Bad company, muttered the thief, as he stepped to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.[ Dutch Proverb ]

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