Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Monk \Monk\, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. ?, fr.
   ? 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 monastery, and
      bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and
      poverty. ``A monk out of his cloister.'' --Chaucer.

            Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in
            the substantial vows of religion; but in other
            respects monks and regulars differ; for that
            regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so
            strict a rule of life as monks are.   --Ayliffe.

   2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused
      by the ink not being properly distributed. It is
      distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a
      deficiency of ink.

   3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the
      powder hose or train of a mine.

   4. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A South American monkey ({Pithecia monachus}); also
          applied to other species, as {Cebus xanthocephalus}.
      (b) The European bullfinch.

   {Monk bat} (Zo["o]l.), a South American and West Indian bat
      ({Molossus nasutus}); -- so called because the males live
      in communities by themselves.

   {Monk bird}(Zo["o]l.), the friar bird.

   {Monk seal} (Zo["o]l.), a species of seal ({Monachus
      albiventer}) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean
      Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.

   {Monk's rhubarb} (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called
      {patience} ({Rumex Patientia}).

Patience \Pa"tience\, n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See
   {Patient}.]
   1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of
      suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils
      or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression,
      calamity, etc.

            Strenthened with all might, . . . unto all patience
            and long-suffering.                   --Col. i. 11.

            I must have patience to endure the load. --Shak.

            Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle,
            patience from his cross.              --Keble.

   2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for
      something due or hoped for; forbearance.

            Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
                                                  --Matt. xviii.
                                                  29.

   3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.

            He learned with patience, and with meekness taught.
                                                  --Harte.

   4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.] --Hooker.

            They stay upon your patience.         --Shak.

   5. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex Patientia}), less common in
      America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

   6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.

   Syn: {Patience}, {Resignation}.

   Usage: Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of
          one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.;
          resignation implies submission to the will of another.
          The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have
          both patience and resignation.

Parella \Pa*rel"la\, Parelle \Pa`relle\, n. [Cf. F. parelle.]
   (Bot.)
   (a) A name for two kinds of dock ({Rumex Patientia} and {R.
       Hydrolapathum}).
   (b) A kind of lichen ({Lecanora parella}) once used in dyeing
       and in the preparation of litmus.