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from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980
Monk. Originally a hermit or anchorite, but already in the early Church applied to men living a community life in a monastery, under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to a specific rule, such as that of St. Basil or St. Benedict. (Etym. Greek monachos, living alone, solitary.
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In some countries Buddhist boys become monks at a very early age to receive instruction in Buddhist thought and traditions. Not all of the boy-monks remain as monks permanently. Adult men who become Buddhist monks see this position as a permanent avocation.
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for a man
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