monastery
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əˌstɛr noun, plural mon·as·ter·ies.
1.
a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
2.
the community of persons living in such a place.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin monastērium < Late Greek monastḗrion monk house, orig. hermit's cell, equivalent to monas-, variant stem of monázein to be alone (see mon-) + -tērion neuter adj. suffix denoting place
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin monastērium < Late Greek monastḗrion monk house, orig. hermit's cell, equivalent to monas-, variant stem of monázein to be alone (see mon-) + -tērion neuter adj. suffix denoting place
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Synonyms
1. cloister; abbey, priory, friary, lamasery.
1. cloister; abbey, priory, friary, lamasery.
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| —n , pl -teries | |
| the residence of a religious community, esp of monks, living in seclusion from secular society and bound by religious vows | |
| [C15: from Church Latin monastērium, from Late Greek monastērion, from Greek monázein to live alone, from monos alone] | |
| monasterial | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
monastery
c.1420 (implied in monasterical), from O.Fr. monastere, from L.L. monasterium, from Late Gk. monasterion "a monastery," from monazein "to live alone," from monos "alone" (see mono-). With suffix -terion "place for (doing something)." Originally applied to houses of any religious
order, male or female.
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