MONASTERY - The Law Mind Legal Dictionary

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Anderson's Dictionary of Law • 1890

See DEATH, Civil.

MONASTERYn.

Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913

A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.

monasterynoun

Wiktionary (English) • 2026

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A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.

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