Black Monk
A monk of the order of St. Benedict, so called from the colour of the habit worn. See monk.
| 1297 R. Glouc. 433 Þe priorye..of blake monekes. 1517 R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 10 The Monastery of blake monkys callyd Seynt Nicholas De Elio. 1722 J. Stevens Addit. Dugdale's Monast. I. 169 The Benedictine Monks in England, who were call'd Black Monks. |