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monastery

Complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monks or nuns

Also known as convent · monasteries · convents

Instance of: type of building
Subclass of: structure of worship
, institutional complex
, religious building
+3 more

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A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone. A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church, or temple, and may also serve as an oratory, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and two or three junior monks or nuns, to vast complexes and estates housing tens or hundreds. A monastery complex typically comprises a number of buildings which include a church, dormitory, cloister, refectory, library, balneary and infirmary and outlying granges. Depending on the location, the monastic order and the occupation of its inhabitants, the complex may also include a wide range of buildings that facilitate self-sufficiency and service to the community. These may include a hospice, a school, and a range of agricultural and manufacturing buildings such as a barn, a forge, or a brewery.

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OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=monastery
Properties for this type: mother house
Native label: monasterium
Different from: monastery
Studied by: monasteriology
Members / parts: monastic dependency

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