A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities (as cenobites) or …

The meaning of MONASTERY is a house for persons under religious vows; especially : an establishment for monks. How to use monastery in a sentence.

monastery, local community or residence of a religious order, particularly an order of monks. See abbey; monasticism. This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.

/ ˈmɑn·əˌster·i / Add to word list a building or group of buildings in which monks (= religious men) live and worship (Definition of monastery from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © …

The term monastery (from Greek: μοναστήριον (monastērion) denotes the buildings of a community of monastics (monks or nuns). [1] Monasteries may vary greatly in size from a …

Definition of monastery noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a building in which monks (= members of a male religious community) live together. He lived in a monastery for …

WHAT IS A MONASTERY? A monastery is a religious community or residence where monks or nuns live a communal and contemplative life devoted to spiritual pursuits, prayer, and religious …

A community of persons, especially monks, bound by vows to a religious life and often living in partial or complete seclusion. 2. The dwelling place of such a community.

A monastery is a building or collection of buildings in which monks live. It is the only building in the original monastery that remains intact.

MONASTERY definition: a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows. See examples of monastery used in …