A monk of the order of St. Benedict, so called from the color of the habit worn. See MONK.
1297. R. Glouc., 433. Þe priorye … of blake monekes.
1517. 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.
