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Hand :: Hand (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey..

Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..

Cowled :: Cowled (a.) Wearing a cowl; hooded; as, a cowled monk..

Dominican :: Dominican (n.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins..

Encowl :: Encowl (v. t.) To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of.

Celestinian :: Celestinian (n.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.

Simian :: Simian (n.) Any Old World monkey or ape.

White Friar :: White friar () A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite..

Bernardine :: Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.

Monk :: Monk (n.) 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..

Belzebuth :: Belzebuth (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

Hand :: Hand (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus..

Monkeytail :: Monkeytail (n.) A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery..

Trappist :: Trappist (n.) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rance in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky..

Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon..

Recluse :: Recluse (a.) A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries..

Cacajao :: Cacajao (n.) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).

Jovinianist :: "Jovinianist (n.) An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time..

Theatine :: Theatine (n.) One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction..

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