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monasteries

monasteries is the plural of monastery.

Meaning of monastery

Noun

monastery (plural monasteries)

  1. 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...

Phrases with monasteries

Questions about monasteries

What is monasteries the plural of?
Monasteries is the plural of monastery.

Words near monasteries in the dictionary

  1. monastary
  2. monaster
  3. Monasterevin
  4. monasterial
  5. monasterially
  6. monasteries
  7. monasters
  8. monastery
  9. monastery cheese
  10. monastery cheeses
  11. monasterylike

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