monastery
Substantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈmɒnəstɹi//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈmɑnəˌstɛɹi//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈmɑnəstəɹi//
A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
Substantiv
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A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
The Church was in practice deprived of all public functions and prevented from teaching, publishing books and periodicals, and educating the clergy; monasteries and convents were for the most part dissolved.
Herkunft
From Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Medieval Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermitage, monastery”), from μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”, suffix forming place names), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix). Doublet of minster.
Formen
- Plural
- monasteries
monastery · A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
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