| NOUN | artifact | monastery | the residence of a religious community |
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| Sounds | maa'nahsteh.riy | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | The residence of a religious community. | |
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| Parts | cell, cubicle | small room in which a monk or nun lives |
| minster | Any of certain cathedrals and large churches | |
| scriptorium | A room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts | |
| Narrower | abbey | A monastery ruled by an abbot |
| charterhouse | A Carthusian monastery | |
| friary | A monastery of friars | |
| lamasery | A monastery for lamas | |
| Broader | religious residence, cloister | residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) |
| Spanish | cenobio, convento, monasterio | |
| Catalan | convent, monestir | |
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