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monastery Definition:
- A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone . A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church, or temple, and may also serve as an oratory, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and two or three junior monks or nuns, to vast complexes and estates housing tens or hundreds. A monastery complex typically comprises a number of buildings which include a church, dormitory, cloister, refectory, library, balneary and infirmary. Depending on the location, the monastic order and the occupation of its inhabitants, the complex may also include a wide range of buildings that facilitate self-sufficiency and service to the community. These may include a hospice, a school, and a range of agricultural and manufacturing buildings such as a barn, a forge, or a brewery.
| Monastery (n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks |
| monastery the residence of a religious community |
monastery Synonyme:
| cloister Easter sepulcher abbey access adytum aisle alley ambry ambulatory aperture apse arcade areaway artery ashram avenue baptistery blindstory bottle up box in box up breezeway cabin cage casket cell chancel channel check choir cloisters closet coffin colonnade communication conduit confessional confessionary confine connection constrain convent coop coop in coop up cork up corridor covered way cramp crib crypt defile den detain diaconicon diaconicum encage encase enclose entomb exit fence in ferry ford friary gallery hall hallway hem in hermitage hideaway hideout hiding place hold hold in custody hold in restraint holy of holies house immure impound inhibit inlet interchange intersection ivory tower junction keep in keep in custody keep in detention lair lamasery lane loggia mew mew up monastery nave nunnery opening outlet overpass pass passage passageway pen pen up pergola peristyle porch portico pound presbytery priorate priory privacy rail in railroad tunnel recess restrain restrict retreat rood loft rood stair rood tower sacrarium sacristy sanctum sanctum sanctorum seal up secret place shackle shut in shut up straiten traject trajet transept triforium tunnel underpass vestry wall in |