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monasteries |
1 definition found 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}.
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