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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Late Latin
Origin: monasterium, from Greek, from monazein 'to live alone', from monos; MONO-

monastery

 noun
     
Related topics: Religion
mon‧as‧tery plural monasteries [countable]
RR a place where monks live [↪ convent, nunnery]
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