Monastery
11monastery — monasterial /mon euh stear ee euhl/, adj. /mon euh ster ee/, n., pl. monasteries. 1. a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, esp. monks, living in seclusion under religious vows. 2. the community of persons living in… …
12Monastery — The place where a community of monks lived their lives according to the rules of their order. They lived within the confines of their community s buildings, not going into the world. In the 8c and 9c, many monasteries were founded by aristocratic …
13monastery — mon|as|ter|y [ manə,steri ] noun count a building where a group of MONKS (=a religious community of men) lives and works: a medieval monastery …
14monastery — [[t]mɒ̱nəstri, AM teri[/t]] monasteries N COUNT A monastery is a building or collection of buildings in which monks live …
15monastery — noun the monastery was temporarily occupied by Nazis Syn: religious community; friary, abbey, priory, nunnery, cloister, convent …
16Monastery of Saint Anthony — A view of St. Anthony s Monastery in July 2006 …
17Monastery of Saint Pishoy — The Monastery of Saint Pishoy in Wadi El Natrun (the Nitrian Desert), Beheira Governorate, Egypt, is the most famous Coptic Orthodox monastery named after Saint Pishoy. It is the easternmost monastery among the four current monasteries of the… …
18Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba — Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba …
19Monastery of the Virgins — Alternate name Coordinates 31°46′33″N 3 …
20Monastery of Surb Gevorg of Goms — Monastery of the of Saint George of Goms Գոմքի Սուրբ Գևորգ վանք …