HyperDic: religious_residence

English > 1 sense of the expression religious residence:
NOUNartifactreligious residence, cloisterresidence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
English > religious residence: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningresidence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery).
Synonymcloister
NarrowerconventA religious residence especially for nuns
monasteryThe residence of a religious community
prioryreligious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
BroaderresidenceThe official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
Spanishclaustro, residencia religiosa
Catalanclaustre, residència religiosa

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