Monastery

Christian monasteries

The word "monastery" comes from the Latin monasterium, the lifestyle of a monk, or the place where monks or other religious live, work and worship in community; the word also referred to the cathedral or church used by the monks, or the cathedral chapter.

		Monastery
		Christian monasteries The word "monastery" comes from the Latin monasterium, the lifestyle of a monk, or the place where monks or other religious live, work and worship in community; the word also referred to the cathedral or church used by the monks, or the cathedral chapter. See also: monasticism, abbey Buddhist monasteries Nalanda, India Shaolin, China See also: monasticism See also: Dissolution of the Monasteries List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England this is a stub
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