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noun
A wandering monk having no fixed monastery, as exemplified in the Rule of St. Benedict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Early 19th century, borrowed from French gyrovague, from Medieval Latin gȳrovagus (“wandering aimlessly”).
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