Synonyms for Monastery
ˈmɒn əˌstɛr imonaste·ry

Princeton's WordNet

1. monasterynoun

   the residence of a religious community

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1. • Religious Residence

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1. monasterynoun

   Synonyms:
   convent, cloister, abbey, priory, nunnery

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1. monasterynoun

   Synonyms:
   abbey, priory, cloister, convent, hospice

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1. List of paraphrases for "monastery":

   deir, dir, convent, temple, cloister, dier, der, monastic, deere

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1. Manda Forster:

   This is pretty much exactly when Aebbes monastery was in existence, originally built around A.D. 640, it is said to have burned down shortly after her death but was then rebuilt and thrived until it was destroyed once again by Viking raiders 200 years later.

2. Martin Bell:

   Mary Ellen saw this little girl dressed like a woman get out of a car in a parking lot alongside the Monastery nightclub. Mary Ellen instantly knew she would be the star of the photographs. Because Mary Ellen was always looking for that. There it was, it.

3. John Keats:

   My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

4. Arnulf of Milan:

   captured the city of Vercelli, besieged Novara, invaded Como, and destroyed many other places opposed to him. In the end [1014-15], worn down by labor and sickness and deprived of his kingdom, he was content with the monastery named Fruttuaria alone. There, after the regalia had been placed upon the altar and he had donned the habit of a pauper, he fell asleep in his own time

5. Agath Gorski:

   The wooden All Saints Monastery of the Svyatogorsk Lavra in Donetsk region is on fire due to Russian shelling! the Lavra dates back to the 1500s. Second time Russia shells it. This is yet another act of Russian barbarism. For them, nothing is sacred.