monastery
nounEtymology
From Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Medieval Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermitage, monastery”), from μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”, suffix forming place names), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix). Doublet of minster.
- derived from μοναστήριον
- derived from monastērium
- derived from monastere
- inherited from monasterie
Definitions
A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at monastery. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at monastery. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at monastery
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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