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

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  1. n. A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.
  2. n. the residence of a religious community
  3. 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.
  4. A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinarytemporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied tosuch a house for females.
  5. n:100 n. the residence of a religious community