Monastery

['mɒnəst(ə)rɪ] or ['mɑnəstɛri]

Definition

(noun.) the residence of a religious community.

Editor: Ned--From WordNet

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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