mon·as·ter·y (m n  -st r  )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. [Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Late Latin monast rium, from Late Greek monastrion, from Greek monazein, to live alone, from monos, alone; see men-4 in Indo-European roots.]mon as·teri·al (mn-stîr-l, -str-) adj. |
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