a monk is a form of:

Monk



1.
(LITERARY) បព្វជិត
noun
1.
(COLLOQUIAL) (A member of a community of men living apart from the world under the rules of a religious order) លោកសង្ឃ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.
2.
A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
3.
A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
4.
A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.
5.
The European bullfinch.