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)

Noun

(en noun)

A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

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A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.

(Mormonism) The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.