From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Religionmonasterymon‧as‧tery /ˈmɒnəstri $ ˈmɑːnəsteri/ noun (plural monasteries) [countable]RRa place where monks live → convent, nunneryExamples from the Corpusmonastery• To protect themselves they also determined to withdraw to a monastery.• They perceived that the acquisition of wealth and privilegeexposed churches and monasteries to new dangers.• The church itself became a two-class system: the asceticmonasteries versus the more worldlyregularclergy.• Fifteen miles away is Forde Abbey, a 900-year old Cistercianmonastery with gardens.• Leaving his monastery in the countryside, BishopMartin took his place at the see wearing his animal skins.• In the end, they met among the monasterybuildings at Melrose, on its river-girt promontory thirty miles inland from Berwick.Originmonastery(1300-1400)Late Latinmonasterium, from Greek, from monazein"to live alone", from monos; → MONO-