monastery

mon·as·ter·y  (mn-str)

n. pl. mon·as·ter·ries

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

monastery [ˈmɔnəstərɪ] n → monastère m

monastery [ˈmɔnəstərɪ] n → Kloster nt

monastery [ˈmɔnəstərɪ] n → monastero

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monastery

n monastery [ˈmonəstəri]

a house in which a community of monks lives. kloosterدَيْرманастирklášterklosterdas Klosterμονή, μοναστήριmonasterio(munga)kloosterدیرmunkkiluostarimonastèreמִנזָרमठmanastirkolostorbiaramunkaklausturmonastero修道院迦層동øvienuolynas(vīriešu) klosterisbiaraklooster(munke)klosterklasztormosteiromănăstireмужской монастырьkláštorsamostanmanastirmunkklosterวัดmanastır修道院монастирصوفیوں، سنیاسیوں وغیرہ کا ٹھکاناtu viện修道院

adj moˈnastic [-ˈnӕ-]

of, or like, monks or monasteries the monastic way of life.kloosterlikدَيْري، رَهْبانيманастирскиklášterníklosteragtig; kloster-klösterlichμοναστικόςmonásticomunga-, kloostri-رهبانىmunkki-, luostari-monastiqueחַיֵי נָזִירआश्रम संबंधीmanastirskikolostorimengenai biaraklaustur-; munka-monastico修道院の수도원의, 금욕적인vienuoliškas, vienuolynųklostera-amat sederhanakloosterlijkmunke-, kloster-klasztorny, zakonnymonásticomo­nasticмонашеский;монастырскийkláštornýsamostanskimanastirskikloster-, munk-เกี่ยวกับพระหรือที่อยู่ของพระmanastır hayatına ait修道院的монастирський; чернечийراہبانہ ، خانقاہیthuộc tu viện修道院的