Meaning | The residence of a religious community. |
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Parts | cell, cubicle | small room in which a monk or nun lives |
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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 |
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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) |
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Spanish | cenobio, convento, monasterio |
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Catalan | convent, monestir |
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