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monastery

[ mon-uh-ster-ee ]

noun

plural monasteries.
  1. a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. the community of persons living in such a place.


monastery

/ 藢m蓲n蓹藞st瑟蓹r瑟蓹l; 藞m蓲n蓹st蓹r瑟; -str瑟 /

noun

  1. the residence of a religious community, esp of monks, living in seclusion from secular society and bound by religious vows
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • monasterial, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘辞苍路补蝉路迟别路谤颈路补濒 [mon-, uh, -, steer, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of monastery1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Late Latin 尘辞苍补蝉迟脓谤颈耻尘, from Late Greek 尘辞苍补蝉迟岣梤颈辞苍 鈥渕onk house,鈥 originally, 鈥渉ermit's cell,鈥 equivalent to monas-, variant stem of 尘辞苍谩锄别颈苍 鈥渢o be alone鈥 + -迟脓谤颈辞苍 neuter adjective suffix denoting place; mono-
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of monastery1

C15: from Church Latin 尘辞苍补蝉迟脓谤颈耻尘, from Late Greek 尘辞苍补蝉迟脓谤颈辞苍, from Greek 尘辞苍谩锄别颈苍 to live alone, from monos alone
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The palace is a former monastery, converted in the 17th century, which became home to the Romanian royal family in the 19th century.

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Mr Sloan said he later built the cathedral at Inch Abbey as "an act of penance" and made that into a Cistercian monastery.

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Piper seems to be the sane one; she wants to stay in Thailand and spend a year at a Buddhist monastery, far away from her family.

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Piper decides the monastery is not for her after all, but the youngest brother, Lochlan, stays at the monastery.

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Oo Oo had refused to decamp and took shelter in the village monastery instead, knowing that the military would not attack Buddhist sites.

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