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- Dictionarymonastery/ˈmɒnəst(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
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Complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplace of monks or nuns
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone. A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church, or temple, and may also serve as an oratory, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and two or t... Wikipedia
