Definitions for monasteries

monasteries mon·as·ter·y

Spelling: [mon-uh-ster-ee]
IPA: /ˈmɒn əˌstɛr i/

Monasteries is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1692 anagrams from letters in monasteries (aeeimnorsst).

Definitions for monasteries

noun

  1. a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
  2. the community of persons living in such a place.

Origin of monasteries

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin monastērium Late Greek monastḗrion monk house, orig. hermit's cell, equivalent to monas-, variant stem of monázein to be alone (see mo

Examples for monasteries

These days the monastery and motels house people who had to leave Sloviansk.

The author was evidently amazed at all the sights which he witnessed in the monastery.

On Sunday Than Dar held the last of the funeral rites for her husband with a food donation ceremony at a monastery.

Thus the monastery would be enriched and all the monks get fat.

There came into his head the idea of enriching the monastery.

To many at the time—clerics in particular—attacking a monastery or church would have seemed irrational.

A Spaniard by birth, Victor Serna left home shy of his 14th birthday and entered the monastery to become a Marist brother.

In 2008, his monastery was in desperate need of funds and Vreeland decided to lend a hand with his first photography exhibition.

Monks also erected crosses to mark the boundaries of the property of their monastery.

The infirmary seems to have been the most cheerful place in the monastery.

Word Value for monasteries
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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