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People who withdraw from the world for religious reasons (in Christianity), especially as a member of believers living according to specific regulations and living under poverty, purity, obedience oath.

900 years ago; Middle English; Old English munuc <Late Latin Monaco <Greek monachós Hermit using adj, noun: loneliness, món (os) alone + -achos adj and equivalent suffix

Brothers and priests, monks are members of a special group of men working dedicated to their service, especially in the Roman Catholic Church, the British Church, and Orthodox Church. The monk is a member of the monastery under the Senate, is bound by a stable oath and is a co-owner of the property of the monastery community. Since reform, monks and priests have been used as if they were the same. Strictly speaking, however, the monk is a member of the beggar command, its members are not affiliated with the monastery and do not have the wealth of the community.

Old English Moonuk from the Proto-Germanic * muniko- (Old Frisian munek, Central Dutch monich, Ger.Mönch) "Monk" (for women) French Moines, Monaco of Spain, Monaco of Italy, Latin Late Monaco "Monk" originally derived from the "religious hermit" of Monaco "Monk" of Greek church (see Mono). For information on -o-replace -u-, please refer to.

In the UK, before the reform, this term did not apply to members of the order, they were always called monks. From 16th though, by the 19th century, the priest was often called a kind of priest. Recently, knowledgeable writers carefully observe differences between terms. The same as French and German priests apply to "priests" and "priests". 【OED】

The monk also influenced Ann Radcliffe of her last novel "Italian" (1797). In this book, the unfortunate hero was caught in a fraudulent network by devil monks called Schedoni and led the contemporary people to say that Radcliffe wanted to overcome the fear of these scenes. She had to go to see the hell. Marquis de Sade used an Asian Gothic framework with his several novels, especially 'Unlucky Virtue' and Eugenie de Franval. I did not expect him to be like this. Sade criticized this type for reflecting the novel (1800), pointing out that Gothic is "an unavoidable consequence of the revolutionary shock occurring in Europe" in the preface. This type of contemporary critics also noted the relationship between the French revolutionary horror and the "terrorist school" represented by Radcliffe and Louis.

These authors work in the same type, but they do not always appreciate each other's work. Inspired by Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis announced "monk" anonymously in 1705 (as it was a parliament at that time). However, Radcliffe was shocked by the sensationality of Louis' novel and she answered writing Italian (1797). In June 1816, Gothic novels again make dramatic changes. Three days, Sir Byron, Percy Shelly, Mary Warrenstone Clyde Shelly, Dr. John Polidri share a cottage in Lake Geniva. Perhaps under the influence of laudanum, they decided to do a contest to write a ghost story. As a result, Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (1818) created this type of science fiction and Dr. Polidori announced "vampire" to New Moon (1819) and created a vampire type. Dr. Polly Dolly's work was originally from Sir Byron, the hero is exactly his manga.