Definition of Monas

1. Noun. A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive.

Exact synonyms: Monad
Generic synonyms: 1, Ace, I, One, Single, Unity

Definition of Monas

1. n. A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.

Definition of Monas

1. a monad [n MONADES] - See also: monad

Medical Definition of Monas

1. A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. Origin: NL. See Monad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monas

monarchistic
monarchists
monarchize
monarchized
monarchizer
monarchizers
monarchizes
monarchizing
monarchs
monarchy
monardas
monarthric
monarthritis
monarticular
monas (current term)
monases
monaster
monasteries
monastery
monasterylike
monastic
monastic habit
monastic order
monastical
monastically
monasticism
monasticisms
monastick
monasticon

Literary usage of Monas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Documents Illustrative of English Church History by Henry Gee, William John Hardy (1896)
"... more to the pleasure of Almighty monas- God, and for the honour of this his realm, that the posses- appi¡ed to sions of such small religious houses, ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"unit, n. one, unity, monad (chiefly tech. and spec.), monas (rare); spec, item, integer, module, standard, point. unitary, a. monadic, ..."

3. The Animal parasites of man by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1906)
"The parasites were very agile, frequently changed their shape, and FIG 14 were able to retract the long appendix within the monas ..."

4. Publications by English Historical Society (1841)
"Lanfranco, rex Willelmus ecclesias et monas- AD ios». teria fere totius Angliae in manu sua, pastoribus defunctis, retinens, ..."

5. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"... to devote the child, in case it should be a male, wholly to the service of God; that is, to destine him for the spiritual or the monas- 1 ..."

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