premise: A monk only lives alone.
hypothesis: Christian monasticism . Monks did not live in monasteries at first , rather , they began by living alone , as the word monos might suggest . A monk ( [ mʌŋk ] , from μοναχός , monachos , `` single , solitary '' and Latin monachus ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living , either alone or with any number of other monks .