mon|as|ter|y

mon|as|ter|y
mon|as|ter|y «MON uh STEHR ee», noun, plural -ter|ies.
1. a building or buildings where (usually) monks or (sometimes) nuns live by themselves in a contemplative life according to fixed rules and under religious vows. SYNONYM(S): cloister, convent.
2. the group of persons living in such a place: »

a monastery of 85.

[< Late Latin monastērium < Greek monast < monázein to live alone. See etym. of doublet minister. (Cf.minister)]

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