词汇 | monastery |
释义 | monasteryWord family adjectivemonasterialadverbmonasticallynounmonasterymonasticism Religionmon·as·tery /ˈmɒnəstri $ ˈmɑːnəsteri/ noun (plural monasteries) [countableC] RRa place where monks live 寺院,修道院 → convent, nunnery Examples from the Corpus monastery• To protect themselves they also determined to withdraw to a monastery.• They perceived that the acquisition of wealth and privilege exposed churches and monasteries to new dangers.• The church itself became a two-class system: the ascetic monasteries versus the more worldly regular clergy.• Fifteen miles away is Forde Abbey, a 900-year old Cistercian monastery with gardens.• Leaving his monastery in the countryside, Bishop Martin took his place at the see wearing his animal skins.• In the end, they met among the monastery buildings at Melrose, on its river-girt promontory thirty miles inland from Berwick. (1300-1400) Late Latin monasterium, from Greek, from monazein “to live alone”, from monos; → MONO- |
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