Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

A person with monastic ways; a monk.

A building for housing monks or others who have taken religious vows.

Any of several species of generalist predatory Carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. The Indian mongoose is noted as a predator of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.

Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.

(intransitive, informal) To meddle; to mess (with). / (transitive) To mimic; to ape.

(inorganic chemistry) A colourless, odourless, flammable, highly toxic gas

(dated, offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Mongol (“person with Down's syndrome”).

(religion) The practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work.

A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service. / in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.