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monk
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monk: see monasticism monasticism (mənăs`tĭsĭzəm, mō–)
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monk
1. a male member of a religious community bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
2. a fancy pigeon having a bald pate and often large feathered feet

Monk
Thelonious (Sphere) . 1920--82, US jazz pianist and composer


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Libertarian ideas, he thought, were like a delicate candle flame ever threatening to gutter; they could only be tended to monkishly by a tiny and obscure remnant.
 
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