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1. (n.) monastery
a place of residence occupied by a community of persons, esp. monks, living in religious seclusion.
2. monastery
the community itself.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL monastērium < LGk monastērion orig. hermit's cell =*monad-, base of monázein to be alone, der. of
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) monastery
the residence of a religious community
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1. (noun) monastery
a house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females
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Sense: a house in which a community of monks lives.
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 Afrikaans: klooster |
 Arabic: دَيْر |
 Bulgarian: манастир |
 Brazilian: mosteiro |
 Czech: klášter |
 German: das Kloster |
 Danish: kloster |
 Greek: μονή, μοναστήρι |
 Spanish: monasterio |
 Estonian: (munga)klooster |
 Farsi: دیر |
 Finnish: luostari |
 French: monastère |
 Hebrew: מִנזָר |
 Hindi: मठ |
 Croatian: manastir |
 Hungarian: kolostor |
 Indonesian: biara |
 Icelandic: munkaklaustur |
 Italian: monastero |
 Japanese: 修道院 |
 Korean: 수도원 |
 Lithuanian: vienuolynas |
 Latvian: (vīriešu) klosteris |
 Malay: biara |
 Dutch: klooster |
 Norwegian: (munke)kloster |
 Polish: klasztor |
 Persian: خانقاه، دیر |
 Pashto: خانقاه |
 Portuguese: mosteiro |
 Romanian: mănăstire |
 Russian: мужской монастырь |
 Slovak: kláštor |
 Slovenian: samostan |
 Serbian: manastir |
 Swedish: munkkloster |
 Thai: วัด |
 Turkish: manastır |
 Taiwanese: 修道院(修士的) |
 Ukrainian: монастир |
 Urdu: صوفیوں، سنیاسیوں وغیرہ کا |
 Vietnamese: tu viện |
 Chinese: 修道院 |
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