monastery
UK/ˈmɒnəstɹi//ˈmɑnəˌstɛɹi/
monastery noun: a residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
Noun
monastery (plural monasteries)
- 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...
monastery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
monastery in Hindi
- building for monks
- मठ maṭh, आश्रम āśram
monastery in Tamil
- building for monks
- மடம் maṭam
monastery in Marathi
- मठ, मठाचा
monastery in Urdu
- building for monks
- خانَقاہ xānaqāh, خانْقاہ xānqāh, مَٹھ maṭh, مَنْدِر mandir, تَکْیَہ takya, تَکِیَہ takiya
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- monastery in Bengali
- মঠ moṭh, আশ্রম asrom, মন্দির mondir
- monastery in Telugu
- మఠము maṭhamu
- monastery in Malayalam
- ആശ്രമം āśramaṁ, ദയറാ dayaṟā
- monastery in Kannada
- ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ saṃsthāna
- monastery in Punjabi
- مٹھ maṭh, ਮਠ maṭh, ਅਖਾੜਾ akhāṛā
- monastery in Gujarati
- વિહાર vihār, અપાસરો apāsro, આશ્રમ āśram, મઠ maṭh
- monastery in Sanskrit
- मठ maṭha
- monastery in Nepali
- मठ
- monastery in Pashto
- خانقا xānaqã
- monastery in Tagalog
- bahay-pari
- monastery in Arabic
- دَيْر dayr
- monastery in Malay
- biara
- monastery in Indonesian
- biara, wihara
- monastery in Thai
- วัด wát, อาราม aa-raam
- monastery in Vietnamese
- tu viện, tự viện, đan viện
- monastery in Myanmar
- ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း bhun:kri:kyaung:
Examples of monastery in a sentence
- A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.
- The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
- The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.
Forms of monastery
| plural | monasteries |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | monasterie |
Origin of monastery
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.
Words formed from monastery
Phrases with monastery
Questions about monastery
- What does monastery mean?
- Monastery means a residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
- What is monastery in Hindi?
- Monastery in Hindi is मठ (maṭh), आश्रम (āśram). See Monastery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monastery?
- Monastery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce monastery?
- Monastery is pronounced /ˈmɒnəstɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of monastery?
- The plural of monastery is monasteries.
Words near monastery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monastery (page history and authors); monastery (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); మఠము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); مٹھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અપાસરો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); monastery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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