monastery
A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
A kind of
- cloister
Related words
- monasterylike
- double monastery
- dual monastery
- monastery cheese
- scary devil monastery
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μοναστήριον" (hermitage, monastery).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “monastery” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.