Definition of monastery in English:

monastery

nounPlural monasteries ˈmɒnəst(ə)riˈmɑnəˌstɛri

A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
隐修院；寺院
Example sentencesExamples
- There are also monasteries where monks and nuns practice a life of religious devotion and scholarship.
- Shenouda subjected monasteries, long immune from episcopal control, to his papacy.
- When monasteries die out, the patriarch sells the property cheaply to pay his bills.
- Griffiths thinks monasteries have the last, best chance at keeping this ancient tradition alive.
- He had an equally high-handed way with the monasteries in his diocese and in his filet year as bishop deposed no fewer than eleven abbots and priors.
- Today, ashrams and monasteries of various Hindu sects keep the traditions of classical learning alive.
- Wine has always had spiritual and religious significance, and monks and monasteries have long been regarded as playing a crucial part in wine history.
- In some monasteries, religious work was defined as tending the soul by contemplating God.
- He chose Lindisfarne as his base and established a church and monastery here.
- In the middle of the 19th century abbot of the monastery was a monk named Genadii.
- Soon the effects of the new teaching were widely felt, with monks and nuns leaving their monasteries and convents.
- He was on his way to visit his brother Raimond, who was a monk in the Dominican monastery there.
- For example, in medieval monasteries the abbot's rule was definitive.
- Some monasteries lived by this rule: Speak only if you can improve upon silence.
- In 1752 he became a monk at the monastery of the Escorial, and a year later was admitted to holy orders.
- A number of Anglo-Norman monasteries received Norman monks, not least in order to further the Conquest.
- Large monasteries were known as abbeys, whilst smaller ones were called priories and were often set up near an abbey.
- The number of parishes and monasteries has grown substantially with the restoration of religious freedom.
- There were more than 6000 monasteries and nunneries in the three regions of Tibet - U-Tsang, Dotö and Domey.
- The monasteries were also the birthplace of scholasticism.
Synonyms
religious house, religious community
friary, abbey, priory, cloister, convent, nunnery
Buddhism vihara, lamasery
Islam tekke
Indian ashram
historical charterhouse, cell
rare coenobium, coenoby

Origin

Late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monastērion, from monazein 'live alone', from monos 'alone'.

Definition of monastery in US English:

monastery

nounˈmänəˌsterēˈmɑnəˌstɛri

A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
隐修院；寺院
Example sentencesExamples
- Griffiths thinks monasteries have the last, best chance at keeping this ancient tradition alive.
- He was on his way to visit his brother Raimond, who was a monk in the Dominican monastery there.
- Large monasteries were known as abbeys, whilst smaller ones were called priories and were often set up near an abbey.
- The number of parishes and monasteries has grown substantially with the restoration of religious freedom.
- In the middle of the 19th century abbot of the monastery was a monk named Genadii.
- He chose Lindisfarne as his base and established a church and monastery here.
- When monasteries die out, the patriarch sells the property cheaply to pay his bills.
- The monasteries were also the birthplace of scholasticism.
- A number of Anglo-Norman monasteries received Norman monks, not least in order to further the Conquest.
- Some monasteries lived by this rule: Speak only if you can improve upon silence.
- For example, in medieval monasteries the abbot's rule was definitive.
- In some monasteries, religious work was defined as tending the soul by contemplating God.
- He had an equally high-handed way with the monasteries in his diocese and in his filet year as bishop deposed no fewer than eleven abbots and priors.
- There were more than 6000 monasteries and nunneries in the three regions of Tibet - U-Tsang, Dotö and Domey.
- In 1752 he became a monk at the monastery of the Escorial, and a year later was admitted to holy orders.
- Wine has always had spiritual and religious significance, and monks and monasteries have long been regarded as playing a crucial part in wine history.
- Shenouda subjected monasteries, long immune from episcopal control, to his papacy.
- Today, ashrams and monasteries of various Hindu sects keep the traditions of classical learning alive.
- Soon the effects of the new teaching were widely felt, with monks and nuns leaving their monasteries and convents.
- There are also monasteries where monks and nuns practice a life of religious devotion and scholarship.
Synonyms
religious house, religious community

Origin

Late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monastērion, from monazein ‘live alone’, from monos ‘alone’.

词汇	monastery
释义	Definition of monastery in English: monastery nounPlural monasteries ˈmɒnəst(ə)riˈmɑnəˌstɛri A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows. 隐修院；寺院 Example sentencesExamples There are also monasteries where monks and nuns practice a life of religious devotion and scholarship. Shenouda subjected monasteries, long immune from episcopal control, to his papacy. When monasteries die out, the patriarch sells the property cheaply to pay his bills. Griffiths thinks monasteries have the last, best chance at keeping this ancient tradition alive. He had an equally high-handed way with the monasteries in his diocese and in his filet year as bishop deposed no fewer than eleven abbots and priors. Today, ashrams and monasteries of various Hindu sects keep the traditions of classical learning alive. Wine has always had spiritual and religious significance, and monks and monasteries have long been regarded as playing a crucial part in wine history. In some monasteries, religious work was defined as tending the soul by contemplating God. He chose Lindisfarne as his base and established a church and monastery here. In the middle of the 19th century abbot of the monastery was a monk named Genadii. Soon the effects of the new teaching were widely felt, with monks and nuns leaving their monasteries and convents. He was on his way to visit his brother Raimond, who was a monk in the Dominican monastery there. For example, in medieval monasteries the abbot's rule was definitive. Some monasteries lived by this rule: Speak only if you can improve upon silence. In 1752 he became a monk at the monastery of the Escorial, and a year later was admitted to holy orders. A number of Anglo-Norman monasteries received Norman monks, not least in order to further the Conquest. Large monasteries were known as abbeys, whilst smaller ones were called priories and were often set up near an abbey. The number of parishes and monasteries has grown substantially with the restoration of religious freedom. There were more than 6000 monasteries and nunneries in the three regions of Tibet - U-Tsang, Dotö and Domey. The monasteries were also the birthplace of scholasticism. Synonyms religious house, religious community friary, abbey, priory, cloister, convent, nunnery Buddhism vihara, lamasery Islam tekke Indian ashram historical charterhouse, cell rare coenobium, coenoby Origin Late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monastērion, from monazein 'live alone', from monos 'alone'. Definition of monastery in US English: monastery nounˈmänəˌsterēˈmɑnəˌstɛri A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows. 隐修院；寺院 Example sentencesExamples Griffiths thinks monasteries have the last, best chance at keeping this ancient tradition alive. He was on his way to visit his brother Raimond, who was a monk in the Dominican monastery there. Large monasteries were known as abbeys, whilst smaller ones were called priories and were often set up near an abbey. The number of parishes and monasteries has grown substantially with the restoration of religious freedom. In the middle of the 19th century abbot of the monastery was a monk named Genadii. He chose Lindisfarne as his base and established a church and monastery here. When monasteries die out, the patriarch sells the property cheaply to pay his bills. The monasteries were also the birthplace of scholasticism. A number of Anglo-Norman monasteries received Norman monks, not least in order to further the Conquest. Some monasteries lived by this rule: Speak only if you can improve upon silence. For example, in medieval monasteries the abbot's rule was definitive. In some monasteries, religious work was defined as tending the soul by contemplating God. He had an equally high-handed way with the monasteries in his diocese and in his filet year as bishop deposed no fewer than eleven abbots and priors. There were more than 6000 monasteries and nunneries in the three regions of Tibet - U-Tsang, Dotö and Domey. In 1752 he became a monk at the monastery of the Escorial, and a year later was admitted to holy orders. Wine has always had spiritual and religious significance, and monks and monasteries have long been regarded as playing a crucial part in wine history. Shenouda subjected monasteries, long immune from episcopal control, to his papacy. Today, ashrams and monasteries of various Hindu sects keep the traditions of classical learning alive. Soon the effects of the new teaching were widely felt, with monks and nuns leaving their monasteries and convents. There are also monasteries where monks and nuns practice a life of religious devotion and scholarship. Synonyms religious house, religious community Origin Late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monastērion, from monazein ‘live alone’, from monos ‘alone’.
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