Found 4 items, similar to monasteries.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: monastery
biara
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: monastery
biara
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: monastery
monastery
n : the residence of a religious community
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Monasteries
Monastery
\Mon"as*te*ry\, n.; pl.
Monasteries. [L.
monasterium, Gr. ?, fr. ? a solitary, a monk, fr. ? to be
alone, live in solitude, fr. mo`nos 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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Convent; abbey; priory. See
Cloister.
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