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MONASTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The residence of a religious community
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("monastery" is a kind of...):
cloister; religious residence (residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery))
Meronyms (parts of "monastery"):
cell; cubicle (small room in which a monk or nun lives)
minster (any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery)
scriptorium (a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monastery"):
abbey (a monastery ruled by an abbot)
charterhouse (a Carthusian monastery)
friary (a monastery of friars)
lamasery (a monastery for lamas)
