Named Groups

Monks

Members of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Members of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Friars
  • Religious Brothers
  • Brother, Religious
  • Brothers, Religious
  • Friar
  • Monk
  • Religious Brother

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

specify religion if pertinent

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History Note

2015

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Previous Indexing

  • Religion or specifics (1963-2014)

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Tree Number

  1. M01w.526.799.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Monks. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065830. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065830
  2. Monks. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk
  3. Monks. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733786