Monastery (noun)
mon-as-tu-ree
A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
Late Middle English via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek monastērion, from monazein ‘live alone’, from monos ‘alone’.
Example sentences
“All that is on the island is an old monastery.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
