The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caloyer \Ca*loy"er\, n. [F., fr. NGr. ????????? a monk; kalo`s beautiful, good + ?????, equiv. to Gr. ????? an old man.] A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.
Wiktionary
n. a reclusive monk of the Greek Orthodox Church
Usage examples of "caloyer".
Crossing the bed of the Ilissus and keeping nearer to Mount Hymettus, the travellers arrived at Vary, a farm belonging to the monastery of Agios Asomatos, and under the charge of a caloyer.
Dr Chandler says that the monks, or caloyers, of this convent are summoned to prayers by a tune which is played on a piece of an iron hoop.
We cannot, without a shudder, think of those countries where Fakirs, Bonzes, Santons, Caloyers, Marabouts, and Talapoins multiply in swarms, like vermin.