Dictionary of church terms. — St. GEORGE'S COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH SPORTING - ALEXANDRIA EGYPT. Fr. Tadros Yacoub Maiaty.
Monastery — of St. Nilus on Stolbnyi Island in Lake Seliger near Ostashkov, Russia, ca. 1910 … Wikipedia
Monastery of Weissenau — Monastery of Weissenau † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Monastery of Weissenau (Originally OWE AUGIA, then MINDERLAU AUGIA MINOR, and finally WEISSEN AU AUGIA ALBA or CANDIDA). A suppressed Premonstratensian house near Ravensburg in… … Catholic encyclopedia
Monastery of Sant Daniel, Girona — Monastery of San Daniel. The Monastery of San Daniel (Catalan: Monestir de Sant Daniel) is a religious complex in Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain. It was founded in the early 11th century by will of countess Ermesinde of Carcassonne, who wanted … Wikipedia
nunnery — *cloister, monastery, convent, abbey, priory … New Dictionary of Synonyms
nunnery — [n] convent abbey, cloister, monastery, priory, religious community, retreat; concepts 368,516 … New thesaurus
monastery — *cloister, convent, nunnery, abbey, priory … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses — Cloister of the monastery. The Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses is a monastery in the comarca of Ripollès, Catalonia, northern Spain. Until the year 945 it was the only female monastery in the area. Contents … Wikipedia
monastery — mon|as|tery [ˈmɔnəstri US ˈma:nəsteri] n plural monasteries [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: monasterium, from Greek, from monazein to live alone , from monos; MONO ] a place where ↑monks live →↑convent, nunnery ↑nunnery … Dictionary of contemporary English
monastery — noun the monastery was temporarily occupied by Nazis Syn: religious community; friary, abbey, priory, nunnery, cloister, convent … Thesaurus of popular words
monastery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cloister, lamasery, abbey, convent, priory. See temple. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abbey, priory, religious community; see cloister 1 . See Synonym Study at cloister . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… … English dictionary for students
