kellion

[ ke-lee-on ]

noun,plural kel·li·a [ke-lee-uh]. /kɛˈli ə/. Eastern Church.
  1. a small community of monks.

  2. a cell in a monastery.

Origin of kellion

1
<Late Greek: little cell, equivalent to Latin cell(a) cell + Greek -ion diminutive suffix

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