monastery (redirected from Monasteries)

mon·as·ter·y  (mn-str)

n. pl. mon·as·ter·ies

1. A community of persons, especially monks, bound by vows to a religious life and often living in partial or complete seclusion.

2. The dwelling place of such a community.

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[Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Late Latin monastrium, from Late Greek monastrion, from Greek monazein, to live alone, from monos, alone; see men-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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monas·teri·al (mn-stîr-l, -str-) adj.

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monastery

Noun

pl -teries the building or group of buildings where a community of monks lives [Greek monazein to live alone]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

monastery - the residence of a religious community abbey - a monastery ruled by an abbot cubicle, cell - small room in which a monk or nun lives charterhouse - a Carthusian monastery friary - a monastery of friars lamasery - a monastery for lamas minster - any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery cloister, religious residence - residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) scriptorium - a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts

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monastery

noun abbey, house, convent, priory, cloister, religious community, nunnery, friary

Translations

monastery [ˈmɔnəstərɪ] n → monasterio

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monastery [ˈmɔnəstərɪ] n → monastère m

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monastery [ˈmɔnəstərɪ] n → Kloster nt

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monastery [ˈmɔnəstərɪ] n → monastero

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monastery

n monastery [ˈmonəstəri]

a house in which a community of monks lives. klooster دَيْر манастир klášter kloster das Kloster μονή, μοναστήρι monasterio (munga)klooster دیر munkkiluostari monastère מִנזָר मठ manastir kolostor biara munkaklaustur monastero 修道院 迦層동ø vienuolynas (vīriešu) klosteris biara klooster (munke)kloster klasztor mosteiro mănăstire мужской монастырь kláštor samostan manastir munkkloster วัด manastır 修道院 монастир صوفیوں، سنیاسیوں وغیرہ کا ٹھکانا tu viện 修道院

adj moˈnastic [-ˈnӕ-]

of, or like, monks or monasteries the monastic way of life. kloosterlik دَيْري، رَهْباني манастирски klášterní klosteragtig; kloster- klösterlich μοναστικός monástico munga-, kloostri- رهبانى munkki-, luostari- monastique חַיֵי נָזִיר आश्रम संबंधी manastirski kolostori mengenai biara klaustur-; munka- monastico 修道院の 수도원의, 금욕적인 vienuoliškas, vienuolynų klostera- amat sederhana kloosterlijk munke-, kloster- klasztorny, zakonny monástico mo­nastic монашеский;монастырский kláštorný samostanski manastirski kloster-, munk- เกี่ยวกับพระหรือที่อยู่ของพระ manastır hayatına ait 修道院的 монастирський; чернечий راہبانہ ، خانقاہی thuộc tu viện 修道院的