The definition of a monastery is the building where a group of religious people such as monks or nuns live together.
(noun)See monastery in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. monasteries
Origin: ME monasterie < LL(Ec) monasterium < LGr(Ec) monastērion < Gr monazein, to be alone < monos, alone: see mono-
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See monastery in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. mon·as·ter·ies
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Origin: Middle English monasterie
Origin: , from Old French monastere
Origin: , from Late Latin monastērium
Origin: , from Late Greek monastērion
Origin: , from Greek monazein, to live alone
Origin: , from monos, alone; see men-4 in Indo-European roots
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