Monastery
['mɒnəst(ə)rɪ] or ['mɑnəstɛri]
Definition
(n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Convent, cloister, abbey, priory, nunnery.
Typist: Serena
Definition
n. a house for monks: an abbey: a convent.—adjs. Monastē′rial Monas′tic -al pertaining to monasteries monks and nuns: recluse: solitary.—n. Monas′tic a monk.—adv. Monas′tically.—ns. Monas′ticism the corporate monastic life or system of living; Monas′ticon a book about monasteries and monks.—Monastic vows the vows which a person takes when entering a monastery—of poverty chastity obedience.
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Examples
- The satellite was gone; and Mr Inspector, becoming once again the quiet Abbot of that Monastery, dipped his pen in his ink and resumed his books. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As quiet as a monastery, and almost as roomy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Charles Martel divided his power between two sons, but one resigned and went into a monastery, leaving his brother Pepin sole ruler. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had for his pupils the six hundred monks of that monastery, besides the many strangers who came to hear him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He also allowed the building of a church and the foundation of a monastery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here an ancient monastery, whence the solemn chanting of the monks came down to them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They destroyed, Gibbon notes, the monastery of St. Gall in Switzerland, and the town of Bremen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He then retired to a monastery at Yuste, among the oak and chestnut forests in the hills to the north of the Tagus valley, and there he died in 1558. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At th e beginning of the sixth century, before the taking of Alexandria by the followers of Moha mmed, St. enedict had founded the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is said he found such a place in the ruined cloisters of the Monastery of St. Arbogast in the suburbs of Strasburg. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The abbot, in the same manner, was elected by the monks of the monastery, at least in the greater part of abbacies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They delighted in the burning of monasteries and nunneries and the slaughter of their inmates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Useful clocks of wondrous make were described in the annals of the middle ages, especially in Germany, made by monks and others for Kings, monasteries and churches. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The monasteries contained many monks who were excellent scholars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many of these were made in the monasteries. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the seclusion of their monasteries, they speculated on the mysterious powers of Nature, then partially revealed to them, and shadowed forth images of their possible applications. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Closely associated with the Benedictine monasteries were the schools that grew presently into the medieval universities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Monasteries had existed in the world before Christianity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Men sought fresh forms of righteous living outside the monasteries and priesthood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The monasteries of the kingdom of Northumbria in the north of England became a centre of light and learning. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Owing to the large number of monasteries and monks in Northumbria, that part of England was for a time far in advance of the south in civilization. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among them are manuscripts from the archives of nearly two thousand families, monasteries and convents. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The spread of monasteries of the Benedictine order or type in the seventh and eighth centuries was very considerable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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