m 3 o 1 n 1 a 1 s 1 t 1 e 1 r 1 y 4
9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the residence of a religious community
originFrom 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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