The word comes from Ancient Greek, and can be translated as solitary. In Greek, the word can be used for men and women alike, but in English,a woman who does the same is called a nun. Monks practice asceticism. They either live alone, or together with other monks who share the same ideals.
1. Monks were men and nuns were women who cut ties with regular life and dedicated themselves to religion. 2. Monks and nuns did not live in the town or city with the other villagers, instead they lived in their own self-sufficient communities in order to focus all of their attention on their religious studies and activities. 3. Monks and nuns did not visit the regular towns and simply kept to their own community. 4. Monks lived in communities called monasteries. You choose
