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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Monastery \Mon"as*te*ry\, n.; pl. {Monasteries}. [L. monasterium, Gr. [?], fr. [?] a solitary, a monk, fr. [?] to be alone, live in solitude, fr. [?] alone. Cf. {Minister}.] A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females. Syn: Convent; abbey; priory. See {Cloister}. | |
