monastery en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 460:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| monasteries | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| monasterie | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Coordinates
convent (female monastery) · nunnery (female monastery) · ribat (female monastery)
Deriveds
dual monastery · scary devil monastery · lamastery · monasterylike · double monastery · monastery cheese
Hyponyms
Relateds
monastic · monasticism · friary · monasterial · abbey · cloister · convent · minster
Translations (142)
lv klosteris (building for monks) · ast monasteriu (building for monks) · tr keşişhane (building for monks) · he מִנְזָר (building for monks) · sk monastier (building for monks) · th วัด (building for monks) · ja 修道院 (building for monks) · is klaustur (building for monks) · la monastēriolum (building for monks) · mk манастир (building for monks) · pt mosteiro (building for monks) · nn kloster (building for monks) · lo ວັດ (building for monks) · ur خانَقاہ (building for monks) · km វត្ត (building for monks) · ro mănăstire (building for monks) · pt monastério (building for monks) · bg манасти́р (building for monks) · rm claustra (building for monks) · arc דירא (building for monks) · arz دير (building for monks) · sa मठ (building for monks) · id biara (building for monks) · sw monasteri (building for monks) · txb tsāro (building for monks) · sh ма̏настӣр (building for monks) · gd manachainn (building for monks) · bn মঠ (building for monks) · tk monastyr (building for monks) · ms biara (building for monks) · la monastērium (building for monks) · hi मठ (building for monks) · az monastır (building for monks) · ka მონასტერი (building for monks) · ga mainistir (building for monks) · tr manastır (building for monks) · ur مَنْدِر (building for monks) · fi luostari (building for monks) · kmr pîrozgeh (building for monks) · bo དགོམ་པ (building for monks) · ota مناستر (building for monks) · eo monaĥejo (building for monks) · pal mānestān (building for monks) · vi đan viện (building for monks) · kmr xilwet (building for monks) · sh са̏моста̄н (building for monks) · ky монастырь (building for monks) · bn আশ্রম (building for monks) · pl monaster (building for monks) · tg дайр (building for monks) · el μονή (building for monks) · sh mȁnastīr (building for monks) · ru монасты́рь (building for monks) · fa-ira خانْقاه (building for monks) · bar Klosta (building for monks) · nl klooster (building for monks) · tl bahay-pari (building for monks) · de Kloster (building for monks) · bn মন্দির (building for monks) · id wihara (building for monks) · sh sȁmostān (building for monks) · el μοναστήρι (building for monks) · alt монастырь (building for monks) · it certosa (building for monks) · cmn 寺 (building for monks) · uk монасти́р (building for monks) · ur تَکِیَہ (building for monks) · pl klasztor (building for monks) · ajp دير (building for monks) · cs monastýr (building for monks) · th อาราม (building for monks) · nrf monastéthe (building for monks) · fa-ira دِیر (building for monks) · be манасты́р (building for monks) · lt vienuolynas (building for monks) · cmn 庵 (building for monks) · ca monestir (building for monks) · es monasterio (building for monks) · sk kláštor (building for monks) · oc monastièr (building for monks) · ta மடம் (building for monks) · fr monastère (building for monks) · ml ആശ്രമം (building for monks) · my ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း (building for monks) · prs خَانِقَاه (building for monks) · ur خانْقاہ (building for monks) · nb kloster (building for monks) · cmn 修道院 (building for monks) · it monastero (building for monks) · cmn 僧院 (building for monks) · prs دَیر (building for monks) · sl samostan (building for monks) · ro mânăstire (building for monks) · uz monastir (building for monks) · ota كشیشخانه (building for monks) · ug خانىقا (building for monks) · kk монастырь (building for monks) · ps خانقا (building for monks) · ml ദയറാ (building for monks) · ug موناستىر (building for monks) · cs klášter (building for monks) · gl mosteiro (building for monks) · vi tu viện (building for monks) · eu monasterio (building for monks) · mi whare monaki (building for monks) · mn хүрээ (building for monks) · hi आश्रम (building for monks) · arc ܕܝܪܐ (building for monks) · txb sānk (building for monks) · ko 승원 (building for monks) · et klooster (building for monks) · rm clostra (building for monks) · da kloster (building for monks) · lb Klouschter (building for monks) · mn хийд (building for monks) · sq manastir (building for monks) · grc μονή (building for monks) · kk ғибадатхана (building for monks) · sv kloster (building for monks) · ur مَٹھ (building for monks) · hy վանք (building for monks) · ar دَيْر (building for monks) · myv ськамонкудо (building for monks) · cy mynachlog (building for monks) · ang mynster (building for monks) · ja 僧院 (building for monks) · ur تَکْیَہ (building for monks) · fa-ira خانِقاه (building for monks) · fur munistîr (building for monks) · kmr peristgeh (building for monks) · hsb klóšter (building for monks) · uz xonaqoh (building for monks) · vi tự viện (building for monks) · hu kolostor (building for monks) · ext monastériu (building for monks) · ko 수도원 (building for monks) · tg хонақоҳ (building for monks) · kmr dêr (building for monks) · prs خَانَقَاه (building for monks) · fo kleystur (building for monks) · dsb kloštaŕ (building for monks) · cmn 寺院 (building for monks)