Monk vs Jovinianist - What's the difference?
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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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, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 (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)
(historical) An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary and opposed the asceticism of his time.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between monk and jovinianist
is that monk is a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service while jovinianist is (historical) an adherent to the doctrines of jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of mary and opposed the asceticism of his time.monk
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(wikipedia monk)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”}}