monastery

noun/ˈmɑnəˌstɛri/

Frequency rank: #6,441 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a building or community where monks live together under religious rules.

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Example sentence

The monks have lived and prayed in the ancient monastery for over five hundred years.

Synonyms & related words

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