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MONK (T.) — Un colosse a traversé le jazz, indifférent au tumulte des modes, muré dans un mutisme quasi total. Seuls signes de vie active: d’extravagants couvre chefs et une musique inouïe que le silence envahit peu à peu. L’inclassable Monk, aux étranges… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Monk — bezeichnet: eine US amerikanische Krimiserie und deren Protagonisten, siehe Monk (Fernsehserie) das Herrenschuhmodell Monkstrap eine österreichische Band, siehe Monk (Band) ein Hörspiel nach William Faulkner, SFB 1997 mit Christian Brückner,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Monk — • A member of a community of men, leading a more or less contemplative life apart from the world, under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to a rule characteristic of the particular order to which he belongs Catholic… … Catholic encyclopedia
Monk — Monk, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. ?, fr. mo nos 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
MONK (G.) — MONK ou MONCK GEORGE, 1er duc d’Albermarle (1608 1670) Né dans une famille de la gentry du Devonshire, attiré très jeune par la carrière des armes, combattant des armées royales au début de la première révolution anglaise, Monk devient, à partir… … Encyclopédie Universelle
monk — (n.) O.E. munuc monk (used also of women), from P.Gmc. *muniko (Cf. O.Fris. munek, M.Du. monic, O.H.G. munih, Ger. Mönch), an early borrowing from V.L. *monicus (source of Fr. moine, Sp. monje, It. monaco), from L.L. monachus monk, originally … Etymology dictionary
MONK — is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes, particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor, or k effective, of a system. It is owned by Serco Assurance. It is used primarily to judge whether… … Wikipedia
monk — [ mʌŋk ] noun count * a man who lives in a religious community away from other people. Monks live in a building called a monastery: a Franciscan/Buddhist monk ╾ monk|ish adjective: a monkish life ─ compare NUN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Monk [1] — Monk, 1) Georg M., Herzog von Albemarle, geb. 1608 in Potheridge bei Torrington in Devonshire, aus altadeliger Familie. Da er einen Gerichtsdiener, welcher seinen Vater wegen Schulden verhaften wollte, gemißhandelt hatte, mußte er fliehen u. kam… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Monk [2] — Monk, eine Art bunter Drosin … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Monk — Monk, George, s. Monck … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
