Monk
Monk noun - A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.
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Synonyms for Monk
Prior and monk are semantically related. in abbot topic. In some cases you can use "Prior" instead a noun "Monk".
Prior
Prior noun - The head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot.
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Monk ran into this trope when Traylor Howard (Natalie Teeger) was pregnant with her first child Sabu prior to the filming of season 5.
Source: Hide Your Pregnancy - Prior Philip in The Pillars of the Earth is betrayed by a monk named Remigius, the former deputy prior, as part of a plot by the prior's enemies.
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Shang Tsung competed in—and won—a Mortal Kombat tournament against Earthrealm generations prior, but was later dethroned by the Great Kung Lao, a high-ranking Shaolin monk.
Source: Video Game / Mortal Kombat 1
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