Black Monk

American  

Or black monk

noun

1. a Benedictine monk (so called from the black habit worn by the order).

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Black Monk British  

noun

1. a Benedictine monk

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Etymology

Origin of Black Monk

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

Turns out Colbert’s wife, Evelyn, is an actress who was starring in a one-night production of “Shostakovich and the Black Monk: A Russian Fantasy” at Wolf Trap on Sunday night.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2018

“In its heyday years, it was probably too expensive,” said Ryan Mathews, founder and CEO of Detroit-based Black Monk Consulting.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2015

When a guest broached to the Grand Duke Alexander the subject of the notorious "Black Monk" called Rasputin, or the "Debauchee," he recoiled with a slight gesture of disgust.

From Time Magazine Archive

On one celebrated occasion the Black Monk had persuaded the Tsar to order that he, Rasputin, should inspect the Crank Duke Nicholas' lines, and the "Debauchee" wired that he was coming.

From Time Magazine Archive

No tale in "The Kiss" is quite as marvellous as either the first or the last tale in "The Black Monk," perhaps; but both volumes are indispensable to one's full education.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold