monastery

n. community of monks, residence of a community of monks

This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics.For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see  Monasticism.For monastic communities see Religious orders.Monastery (plural: Monasteries), a term derived from the Greek word μοναστήριον (monastērion), denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer (e.g. an oratory) as well as the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone (hermits).
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Noun
1. the residence of a religious community
(hypernym) religious residence, cloister
(hyponym) abbey
(part-meronym) cell, cubicle

(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.
  

n.
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