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monastery

English

Alternative forms

  • monasterie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French monastere, from Latin monast?rium, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (monast?rion, hermit's cell), from ????? (mónos, alone). Doublet of minster.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?n?st?i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?m?n?st??i/, /?m?n?st??i/

Noun

monastery (plural monasteries)

  1. Building for housing monks or others who have taken religious vows

Related terms

  • monasterial
  • monastic
  • monasticism

Translations

See also

  • abbey
  • cloister
  • convent
  • friary
  • minster

Anagrams

  • asteronym, myronates, nasometry, oysterman

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vihara

English

Etymology

Sanskrit ????? (vi-h?ra)

Noun

vihara (plural viharas)

  1. a Buddhistic monastery

Further reading

  • vihara on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Hungarian

Etymology

vihar +? -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?vi??r?]
  • Hyphenation: vi?ha?ra

Noun

vihara

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of vihar

Declension


Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

vihara

  1. second-person singular imperative active of viharati (to dwell)

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