Monastery synonyms

mŏn'ə-stĕr'ē

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abbey
(Capitalized) In London, the Abbey is short for Westminster Abbey, and in Scotland, the precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood.
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religious community
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cloister (related)
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle.
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convent
A religious community whose members (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
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friary
A brotherhood of friars
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hospice
A homelike facility to provide supportive care for terminally ill patients
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lamasery
A monastery of lamas
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minister
A diplomatic officer sent to a foreign nation to represent his or her government, usually ranking below an ambassador
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nunnery
(Archaic) a place of residence for nuns; a convent
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prior
A monastic officer in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbot of an abbey.
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retreat
A residential institution for the care of the aged, mentally ill, etc.
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sanctuary
The definition of a sanctuary is a place of refuge or rest, a place where you can feel at peace or the holiest part of a temple or a church.
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monastry (related)
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benedictine (related)
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shrine (related)
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monk (related)
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monastic (related)
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montecassino (related)
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mailros (related)
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cistercian (related)
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augustinians (related)
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priory (related)
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cluniac (related)
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12th-century (related)
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monastary (related)
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Find another word for monastery. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for monastery, like: abbey, religious community, cloister, convent, friary, hospice, lamasery, minister, nunnery, prior and retreat.
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Monastery Sentence Examples

  • The church of the Holy Trinity occupies the site of a Saxon monastery, which existed before 691, when the bishop of Worcester received it in exchange from Ethelred, king of Mercia.

  • The monastery also possesses the firman of Mahommed II.

  • In 737 he voluntarily retired to a monastery and left the kingdom to his cousin Eadberht.

  • In a monastery at Naples, near the cathedral of St Januarius, is still shown a cell in which he is said to have lived.

  • The Prinsenhof, previously a monastery, was converted into a residence for the counts of Orange in 1575; it was here that William the Silent was assassinated.

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