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Monk vs Dignitary - What's the difference?

monk | dignitary |

As nouns the difference between monk and dignitary

is that monk is a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service while dignitary is an important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.

monk

English

(wikipedia monk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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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  • (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
  • (slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
  • (slang) A judge.
  • (printing) 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.
  • A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
  • A South American monkey (.
  • The (European bullfinch).
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * monastery * monastic

    See also

    * abbey * abbot * brother * cloister * convent * friar * hermit * nun * priest * sister ----

    dignitary

    English

    Noun

    (dignitaries)
  • an important or influential person, or one of high rank or position
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 May 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/15/benfica-chelsea-europa-league]
    • It was a remarkable climax to a match that ended with another of those disappearing acts from John Terry only to re-emerge, in full kit, so he could climb the steps, shake the hands of Eusébio, Michel Platini and all the other dignitaries , then help Frank Lampard to lift the trophy.