monastery
noun
mon·as·tery
ˈmä-nə-ˌster-ē 
plural monasteries
: a house for persons under religious vows
especially
: an establishment for monks
Examples of monastery in a Sentence
Gregory Mendel worked out his concepts of genetics by doing breeding experiments using pea plants in the monastery's garden.
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The high jewelry collection was presented inside a 12th-century church on San Clemente Island, a secluded island in the Venetian lagoon that once served as a monastery and later an asylum before becoming home to a luxury hotel.
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Anthony Demarco,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Smoke and fire rise from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery following a Russian missile strike this month.
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Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
The speech was made at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a monastery that Mazepa patronized.
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Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
29 June 2026
When places are being set for dinner, or in a stone garden in a Buddhist monastery, there is no governing principle of central symmetry or proportional order.
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Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
28 June 2026
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Anthony Demarco,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Smoke and fire rise from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery following a Russian missile strike this month.
—
Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
The speech was made at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a monastery that Mazepa patronized.
—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
29 June 2026
When places are being set for dinner, or in a stone garden in a Buddhist monastery, there is no governing principle of central symmetry or proportional order.
—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
28 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for monastery
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monastery. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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monastery
noun
mon·as·tery
ˈmän-ə-ˌster-ē
plural monasteries
: a place where a community of monks or nuns live and work
monasterial
adjective
ˌmän-ə-ˈstir-ē-əl
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