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 little yellow ashram has a small meditation garden, a Hindu seminary and a residential monastery.
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Kira Wakeam, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
Although the French suppressed, or dissolved, the monastery in 1803, its volumes were preserved.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The textiles are handwoven in a former monastery in Segovia, about 60 miles north of the city.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
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—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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Kira Wakeam, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
Although the French suppressed, or dissolved, the monastery in 1803, its volumes were preserved.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The textiles are handwoven in a former monastery in Segovia, about 60 miles north of the city.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Previous Picks Aflame by Pico Iyer (Riverhead) Nonfiction For more than three decades, Iyer, an essayist and a novelist, has spent several weeks a year at a silent retreat in a monastery in Big Sur, California.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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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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