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Charles Buck Dictionary
• Monastery
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Petrus, Abbat of Saint Augustine's Monastery
• Maurus, Saint, Founder of Glanfeuil Monastery
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Suppression of Monasteries
• Scoto-Hibernian Monasteries
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Webster Dictionary
• Monastery
• Monasteries
• Monasterial
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Eberbach, Germany (Monastery)
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Bernard (Dapifer), of the Monastery of Melch in Austria (Monachus Molicensis)
• Carmel, Monastery of.
• Confederated Monasteries
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne
• Canonical Erection of a Monastery
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(Greek: monos, alone)

A dwelling place of religious who live in seclusion. The term applies principally to the houses of such religious as lead a contemplative life and recite the divine office in common. It is opposed to a convent or residence, terms used to indicate the houses of religious devoted principally to the active life. The term monastery, is used for houses of both male and female religious.