单词 | monastery |
释义 | monasterymon‧as‧tery /ˈmɒnəstri $ ˈmɑːnəsteri/ noun (plural monasteries) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmonastery ExamplesOrigin: 1300-1400 Late Latin monasterium, from Greek, from monazein ‘to live alone’, from monos; ➔ MONO-EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS word sets
WORD SETS► Religion Collocationsacolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► benedictine a place where monks live → convent, nunnery· We paused now and again at some hostelry and, on one occasion, a Benedictine monastery, I forget its name.· The former Benedictine monastery of St George has found a new life as a museum and is well worth visiting. ► buddhist· To reach the centre visitors take a boat from a quiet Buddhist monastery across a sleepy brown river.· In May 1986, Bimal's own Buddhist monastery in Dighinala was burned to the ground.· We went together to Lantau, and travelled on a really hair-raising bus journey to a Buddhist monastery in the mountains.· He was a gentle character, who perhaps would have been happier as the abbot of a Buddhist monastery. ► great· The landholding of few of the great monasteries of northern Francia shows anything more than temporary dislocation.· He was, however, immensely impressed by the great number of monasteries and churches. ► medieval· The rear section of the bull to the east is identified by the medieval monastery sites.· The cellars of the present building are adapted from the cloisters of a medieval monastery.· The remains include parts of an Anglo-Saxon church, a Norman church and a medieval monastery. ► old· Many old established monasteries acted as minsters, or the major churches serving particular estates.· Fifteen miles away is Forde Abbey, a 900-year old Cistercian monastery with gardens. VERB► enter· Edmund was allowed to enter a monastery, where after his death he was buried in chains at his own request.· Sexburga, entered this monastery after the death of her husband, King Erconbert, and later succeeded her sister as abbess. ► found· He returned to Forli as a newly ordained priest and founded there a new monastery for his order.· Both founded monasteries, and both propounded rules for individual salvation.· In 798 he founded a monastery at Winchcombe, where a new church was dedicated in 811.· He founded two monasteries in Wearmouth, then traveled extensively.· Ivan founded a monastery at Cetinje, and it was from the monks who lived there that the orthodox bishops were chosen.· Empress Adelaide founded monasteries, convents, and donated generously to the needy. |
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