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)

(yoga) A devotee or adherent of yoga.

* 2009 , (Karen Armstrong), The Case for God , Vintage 2010, p. 30:

To this day, yogins find that these disciplines, which have measurable physical and neurological effects, evoke a sense of calm, harmony and equanimity that is comparable to the effect of music.

* 2012 , Lisa Allardice, The Guardian , 30 Mar 2012:

There is a special healthy menu, and the yogis can all eat together if they choose, but there's none of the birdseed-and-bulgur-wheat diet of a typical retreat.