monastery meaning
EN
[ˈmɒnəstɹi] [ˈmɑːnəstɛɹi] 
US WMonastery
- A monastery is the building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in communities or alone (hermits).
- Monasteries may vary greatly in size, comprising a small dwelling accommodating only a hermit, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and two or three junior monks or nuns,
- In English usage, the term "monastery" is generally used to denote the buildings of a community of monks.
- NounPLmonasteriesPREmon-SUF-ery
Definition of monastery in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "monastery" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.