MONASTERIES

Meaning of MONASTERIES in English

pl of monastery.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

MONASTERIES — (pl. ) of Monastery
Английский словарь Webster
MONASTERIES — ( pl. ) of Monastery
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MONASTERIES — Монастыри
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MONASTERIES — Монастыри
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MONASTERIES — Монастыре
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MONASTERIES — Монастыри
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DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES — Dissoˌlution of the ˈMonasteries, the BrE AmE the closing of all the monasteries (↑ monastery ) in England in the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES, THE — Dissoˌlution of the ˈMonasteries, the BrE AmE the closing of all the monasteries (↑ monastery ) in England in the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONASTERY — Local community or residence of a religious order, particularly an order of monks. Christian monasteries originally developed in Egypt, where …
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COLLATION — vi to partake of a collation. 2. collation ·vt the act of conferring or bestowing. 3. collation ·vt a conference. …
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PALEOGRAPHY — also spelled palaeography, study of ancient and medieval handwriting. The term is derived from the Greek palaios (old) and graphein …
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MONASTICISM — an institutionalized religious movement whose members attempt to practice works that are above and beyond those required of both the …
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ABBEY — group of buildings housing a monastery or a convent, centred on an abbey church or a cathedral and under the …
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WEI DYNASTY — in full Northern Wei, Wade-Giles romanization Pei Wei, Pinyin Bei Wei, also called T'o-pa, Toba, or Tabgatch (AD 386-534/535), the …
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VISITANDINE — member of Visitation Order, formally Congregation of the Visitation of Holy Mary (V.H.M.) a Roman Catholic order of nuns founded …
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SABAS, SAINT — born January 439, Moutalaske, Cappadocia, Asia Minor died Dec. 5, 532, near Jerusalem; feast day December 5 also spelled Sabbas …
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NALANDA — celebrated Buddhist monastic centre, often spoken of as a university, southwest of Bihar city in northern Bihar state, India. Nalanda's …
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MOSCOW — Russian Moskva city, capital of Russia. It is located in the western part of the country, about 400 miles (640 …
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METEORA — group of monasteries on the summits of vertical rock formations in Thessaly, Greece. The monasteries are located just north of …
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ETHIOPIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped green-yellow-red national flag with a central blue disk bearing a yellow star in outline. The flag's width-to-length ratio …
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CISTERCIAN — byname White Monk, or Bernardine, member of a Roman Catholic monastic order that was founded in 1098 and named after …
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BUDDHISM
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BONIFACE, SAINT — born c. 675, Wessex, England died June 5, 754, Dokkum, Frisia [now in The Netherlands]; feast day June 5 Latin …
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BENEDICTINE — member of the Order of Saint Benedict (O.S.B.) the confederated congregations of monks and lay brothers who follow the rule …
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BASILIAN — member of any of several Christian monastic communities of the Byzantine Rite, so named because they claim St. Basil the …
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AUGMENTATIONS, COURT OF — in Reformation England, the most important of a group of financial courts organized during the reign of Henry VIII; the …
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ATHOS, MOUNT — also called Holy Mountain, Modern Greek thos ros, or yion ros, mountain in northern Greece, site of a semiautonomous republic …
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ANGLO-SAXON ART — manuscript illumination and architecture produced in Britain from about the 7th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon art …
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MONASTERY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE benedictine ▪ We paused now and again at some hostelry and, on one occasion, …
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