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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monastery \Mon"as*te*ry\, n.; pl {Monasteries}. [L.
monasterium Gr ?, fr ? a solitary, a monk, fr ? to be
alone, live in solitude, fr ? alone. Cf {Minister}.]
A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary
temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely
applied to such a house for females.
Syn: Convent; abbey; priory. See {Cloister}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
monastery
n : the residence of a religious community
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