- 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. the residence of a religious community Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 4. A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinarytemporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied tosuch a house for females. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. the residence of a religious community Source: ecdict
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