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monastery
- /ˈmɒnəstɹi/ UK
- /ˈmɑnəˌstɛɹi/ US
- /ˈmɑnəstəɹi/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Medieval Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermitage, monastery”), from μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”, suffix forming place names), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix). Doublet of minster.
noun monasteries · monasterie
- A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows. The Church was in practice deprived of all public functions and prevented from teaching, publishing books and periodicals, and educating the clergy; monasteries and convents were for the most part dissolved.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: friary, cloister, nunnery, monastic, convent, abbey, church, temple, mosque, buddhist, deere, der, dir, dier, deir, hermitage
Translations
Every language
noun building for monks
| Español | monasterio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 수도원 sudowon, 승원 seung'won |
| 日本語 | 修道院 shūdōin, 僧院 sōin |
| 中文 | 修道院 xiūdàoyuàn, 僧院 sēngyuàn, 寺院 sìyuàn, 寺 sì, 庵 ān |
| हिन्दी | मठ maṭh, आश्रम āśram |
| Kiswahili | monasteri |
| Português | mosteiro, monastério |
| Français | monastère |
| Deutsch | Kloster |
| Italiano | monastero, certosa |
| Ελληνικά | μονή moní, μοναστήρι monastíri |
| Română | mânăstire, mănăstire |
| Русский | монасты́рь monastýrʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tu viện, tự viện, đan viện |
| العربية | دَيْر dayr |
| עברית | מִנְזָר minzár |
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