English-Thai Dictionary

monastery

N วัด  อาราม  ที่อยู่ ของ พระ  abbey convent wad

 

monastery

N วัด  อาราม  abbey cloister religious community wad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MONASTERY

n.[Low L. monasterium; Gr. from sole, separate. ] A house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, whether an abbey, a priory or a nunnery. The word is usually applied to the houses of monks, mendicant friars and nuns.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MONASTERY

Mon "as *te *ry, n.; pl. Monasteries. Etym: [L. monasterium, Gr. Minister. ]

 

Defn: A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.

 

Syn. -- Convent; abbey; priory. See Cloister.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

monastery

mon as ter y |ˈmänəˌsterē ˈmɑnəˌstɛri | ▶noun ( pl. monasteries ) a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows. ORIGIN late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monastērion, from monazein ‘live alone, ’ from monos ‘alone. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

monastery

mon ¦as |tery |ˈmɒnəst (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. monasteries ) a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows. ORIGIN late Middle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monastērion, from monazein ‘live alone ’, from monos ‘alone ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

monastery

monastery noun many cathedrals and monasteries built in the Middle Ages still survive: religious community; friary, abbey, priory, nunnery, cloister, convent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

monastery

monastery noun religious house, religious community; friary, abbey, priory, cloister, convent, nunnery; Buddhism vihara, lamasery; Islam tekke; Indian ashram; historical charterhouse, cell; rare coenobium, coenoby.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

monastery

mon as ter y /mɑ́nəstèri |mɔ́nəst (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies C (通例男子の )修道院, 僧院 (→convent ).