monastery

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 [ˈmɒnəstərɪ -strɪ]

n pl -teries

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the residence of a religious community, esp of monks, living in seclusion from secular society and bound by religious vows

[from Church Latin monastērium, from Late Greek monastērion, from Greek monázein to live alone, from monos alone]

monasterial  [ˌmɒnəˈstɪərɪəl] adj

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 He spent a year in a Buddhist monastery.

Translations

monastery [ˈmɒnəstrɪ] N → monasterio m

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monastery [ˈmɒnəstəri] n → monastère m

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monastery

n → (Mönchs)kloster nt

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monastery [ˈmɒnəst/ərɪ] n → monastero

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monastery [ˈmɒnəst/ərɪ] 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 수도원 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 수도사와 같은 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

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monastery → دَيْر klášter kloster Kloster μοναστήρι monasterio munkkiluostari monastère samostan monastero 修道院 수도원 klooster kloster klasztor mosteiro монастырь kloster ที่อยู่ของพระ manastır tu viện 修道院