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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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zendo

English

Alternative forms

  • zend?

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (zend?)

Noun

zendo (plural zendos)

  1. A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.

Anagrams

  • Donze, dozen, zoned

Italian

Noun

zendo m (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) the Avestan language
    Synonyms: avestico, lingua avestica

Japanese

Romanization

zendo

  1. R?maji transcription of ???

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