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Definition of monastery:
Synonyms:
religious community, study at cloister.
Usage examples:
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I know not how, but he had won some clue to the history of my life, and of how I had broken out from the monastery.
- "Montezuma's Daughter", H. Rider Haggard. -
I will withdraw into the neighbouring monastery, and waste the remainder of life in prayers and tears for my child and- the Prince!"
- "The Castle of Otranto", Horace Walpole. -
The rich monastery of Bardenay has been pillaged and burned.
- "The Dragon and the Raven or, The Days of King Alfred", G. A. Henty.