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    Monk , n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. , fr. μόνος alone. Cf. Monachism.]
    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. “A monk out of his cloister.” 
      Chaucer.

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      Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are.
      Ayliffe.

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    2. (Print.) 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.
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    3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
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    4. (Zool.) (a) A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus. (b) The European bullfinch.
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      Monk bat (Zool.), a South American and West Indian bat (Molossus nasutus); -- so called because the males live in communities by themselves. -- Monk bird(Zool.), the friar bird. -- Monk seal (Zool.), a species of seal (Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic. -- Monk's rhubarb (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called patience (Rumex Patientia).
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    Patience , n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See Patient.]
    1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.
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      Strengthened with all might, . . . unto all patience and long-suffering.
      Col. i. 11.

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      I must have patience to endure the load.
      Shak.

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      Who hath learned lowliness
      From his Lord's cradle, patience from his cross.
      Keble.

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    2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.
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      Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
      Matt. xviii. 29.

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    3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
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      He learned with patience, and with meekness taught.
      Harte.

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    4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.]
      Hooker.

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      They stay upon your patience.
      Shak.

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    5. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
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    6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.
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      Syn. -- Patience, Resignation.  Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.; resignation implies submission to the will of another. The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have both patience and resignation.
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