Monastery

Word MONASTERY
Character 9
Hyphenation mon as te ry
Pronunciations /ˈmɒnəstɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Monastery"

What do we mean by monastery?

A community of persons, especially monks, bound by vows to a religious life and often living in partial or complete seclusion. noun

The dwelling place of such a community. noun

A house or other place of residence occupied in common by persons seeking religious seclusion from the world: commonly applied to such a house exclusively used by monks. noun

A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females. noun

Place of residence for members of a religious community (especially monks). noun

The residence of a religious community noun

Building for housing monks or others who have taken religious vows

Synonyms and Antonyms for Monastery

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The word "monastery" in example sentences

Originally the term monastery designated, both in the East and in the West, the dwelling either of a solitary or of a community; while caenobium, congregatio, fraternitas, asceterion, etc. were applied solely to the houses of communities. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

"The film does not depict a monastery, but it transforms itself into a monastery, because a monastery is a place where, through the rhythm of time, which is very strict, and through [the monks '] confinement, the spiritual space is opened up for them." ❋ Unknown (2007)

You may think that living in a monastery is a sweet life. ❋ Unknown (2005)

“Mr. Burman,” Father Boniface said, “to answer your question, this monastery is two hundred years old, but a mere infant compared to the ones in Europe.” ❋ Matthew A. Hamilton (2010)

The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church received with astonishment and regret news about brutal violence toward patients of the substance abuse in monastery Crna Reka in the Rasko-Prizrenska Eparchy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The monastery is one of the country's oldest and most prominent monasteries and is a major tourist attraction. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Gormley visited the Shaolin monastery and the small living areas of the monks, as well as dwellings of factory workers that he saw there, reminded him of shelving, or coffins. ❋ Jillian Burt (2010)

Then the monastery is infused with the sounds of the women's spirituality. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When Adelheid of Gotteszell wrestled with the devil during her prayers in the dormitory, she was tortured and thrown from side-to-side, her outbursts were heard by the entire monastery from the dormitory to the refectory. 146 ❋ Unknown (2008)

The former monastery is now the Museum of Viceregal Art, a treasure trove of secret passages, cells, catacombs, sundials, enormous water tanks, chapels, corridors and doorways, together with magnificent pieces of religious art of all kinds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At Unterlinden, John the Baptist's connection to the monastery is made visually clear by inclusion in the illumination cycles of two of the monastery's fourteenth-century graduals (the only two with illuminations). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The monastery is built of red and black volcanic blocks, and is distinguished by its carved, 16th century doorways and windows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The monastery is actually in use, and dark robed monks are constantly darting around the grounds. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It fortuned one year that she fell sick of an exceeding sickness and came nigh upon death, werefore she made a vow that, if she recovered from her malady, she would make the pilgrimage to a certain monastery, situate in such an island, which was high in repute among the Franks, who used to make vows to it and look for a blessing therefrom. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Rare medieval inscription found in Bulgarian monastery ❋ Unknown (2007)

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