See Also: humation(medicine)

monk (oh) and humation (medicine)


monk (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Greek monos; MONO-]
a member of an all-male religious group that lives apart from Other people in a monastery
-see also nun nun
-- monkish adj

humation (medicine)


humation


Interment; inhumation.

Origin: L. Humatio, fr. Humare to cover with earth, to inter, fr. Humus the earth, ground. See Homage.

Source: Websters Dictionary