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monastery

[ mon-uh-ster-ee ]

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noun

plural monasteries.

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

monastery

/ ˌmɒnəˈstɪərɪəl; ˈmɒnəstərɪ; -strɪ /

noun

the residence of a religious community, esp of monks, living in seclusion from secular society and bound by religious vows

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Derived Forms

monasterial, adjective

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Other Word Forms

��ǲ�·��·�ٱ�·��·�� [mon-, uh, -, steer, -ee-, uh, l], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monastery¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin ��ǲԲ��ŧ��ܳ�, from Late Greek ��ǲԲ��ḗr��ǲ� “monk house,” originally, “hermit's cell,” equivalent to monas-, variant stem of ��ǲ�á��𾱲� “to be alone” + -��ŧ��ǲ� neuter adjective suffix denoting place; mono-

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monastery¹

C15: from Church Latin ��ǲԲ��ŧ��ܳ�, from Late Greek ��ǲԲ��ŧ��ǲ�, from Greek ��ǲ�á��𾱲� to live alone, from monos alone

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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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The military has a history of carrying out indiscriminate aerial bombardments that have destroyed schools, monasteries, churches, and hospitals.

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Monash monastic

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