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Cetinje
Cetinje , town, S Montenegro. It grew around a monastery founded in 1485 and became the residence of Montenegro's ruling prince-bishops; it remained the capital of Montenegro until 1945. The monastery, the burial place of the Montenegrin princes, and the former royal palace (now a museum) remain. ... Read more
Bobbio
Bobbio , town, in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy. It is a commercial center and a summer resort. St. Columban founded a monastery there in 612, and during the 9th-12th cent. it was a center of European cultural life. The monastery later declined, and the invaluable manuscripts of its great librar... Read more
Benedict Biscop
Benedict Biscop , c.628-690, English monk. He founded the monasteries of Wearmouth (at Sunderland) and Jarrow, and he was abbot of St. Peter's, Canterbury. Bede was his pupil. ... Read more
Abbo of Fleury
Abbo of Fleury , Fr. Abbon de Fleury, 945?-1004, French monk at the abbey of Fleury (at present-day Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France). Head of the monastery school, he later taught at the abbey in Ramsey, England, and in 988 became abbot at Fleury. He defended his monastery against domination ... Read more
Batalha
Batalha [Port.,=battle], town (1991 pop. 3,152), W central Portugal, just S of Leiria, in Estremadura. It has a magnificent Dominican monastery and church (Santa Maria da Vitória), built by John I of Portugal to commemorate his victory (1385) over John I of Castile at nearby Aljubarrota. The... Read more
Saint Bruno
Saint Bruno c.1030-1101, German monk, founder of the Carthusians , b. Cologne. He studied and taught at Reims. In 1084 he took six companions and founded a little monastery in the Alps, which became the mother house of the Carthusian order (see Chartreuse, Grande ). In 1090, Pope Urban II, whom B... Read more
Thimphu
Thimphu or Thimbu , city (1997 est. pop. 45,000), capital and largest city of Bhutan, W Bhutan, on the Wang Chu. The Tashichoedzong, a fortress monastery dating from the 13th cent., has been the seat of Bhutan's government since 1952. At the northern end of the valley where Thimphu is located ar... Read more
Escorial
Escorial or Escurial , monastery and palace, in New Castile, central Spain, near Madrid. One of the finest edifices in Europe, it was built (1563-84) as the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial by Philip II to commemorate the Spanish victory over the French at Saint-Quentin (1557). The somber a... Read more
Gottschalk
Gottschalk or Gottschalck , d. c.868, German theologian; son of the count of Saxony. He was placed as a boy in the monastery of Fulda (c.822). He did not wish to be a monk but was forced by Rabanus Maurus Magnentius , his superior, to remain. In 829 a synod freed him of his vows, but he went to... Read more
Emei
Emei ŭ´mā´ or Omei , peak, c.10,000 ft (3,050 m) high, SW Sichuan prov., central China. With many Buddhist images and temples and monasteries, it is one of China's sacred peaks. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Monastery"

Caves Monastery
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History CAVES MONASTERY One of the oldest and most important East Slavic monasteries, the Kievan Caves Monastery is located in the southern part of Kiev...According to the Primary Chronicle, the monastery was founded by Saint Anthony of the Caves...
Trinity St. Sergius Monastery
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History TRINITY ST. SERGIUS MONASTERY Sergius and his brother Stefan founded the monastery in 1342 in an uninhabited forest, thirty five...introduced a cenobite rule based on that of the Studios Monastery in Constantinople. It mandated communal property...
Simonov Monastery
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History SIMONOV MONASTERY The Simonov Monastery in Moscow was founded in 1370 by Fyodor, a disciple of Russia...place the Simonov in the top 10 percent based on wealth. The monastery had six major churches on its grounds. Among them were churches...
Kirill-Beloozero Monastery
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History KIRILL-BELOOZERO MONASTERY The Kirill-Beloozero Monastery was founded in 1397 in the far Russian north as a hermitage...hesychast (mystical hermit), and former abbot of Simonov Monastery. It rapidly gained brethren, land, and renown. At...
Saint Catherine's Monastery
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa SAINT CATHERINE'S MONASTERY monastic complex in the sinai peninsula...fourth century. Saint Catherine's monastery sits near the foot of "God-trodden...dwellings and gardens. In the 800s the "monastery of the bush" was renamed after Saint...
Solovki Monastery
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History SOLOVKI MONASTERY Located on the Solovki Archipelago in the White Sea, the Solovki (Solovetsk) monastery was founded between 1429 and 1436 by...communities. Solovki remained an active monastery and popular pilgrimage site until the...
Monastery, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Monastery, The, a novel by Sir W. Scott , published 1820. Set in the Abbey of Melrose (renamed Kennaquhair) in the Scotland of the...
Mendel, Gregor
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...teachers, Mendel entered the Augustinian monastery in Brno in 1843. He had begun contemplating...Mendel's own account of entering the monastery emphasized his need to escape from poverty...motivation. Mendel also knew that the monastery in Brno would be a hospitable environment...
Monasticism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...these ideal types. The Kievan Caves monastery, founded in the mid-eleventh century...and worship). Under Theodosius, the monastery upheld high standards of monastic life...followers, he established the Trinity monastery. Sergius became abbot in 1353 and introduced...
Kievan Caves Patericon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...collection of tales about monks of the Caves Monastery of Kiev. It reflects the rich monastic...the learned monks of the Kievan Caves Monastery. The core of the patericon is the epistolary...must instruct him to remain in the holy Monastery of the Caves. Attempting to convince...

Dictionary entries related to "Monastery"

White Horse Monastery/Temple
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions White Horse Monastery/Temple (Buddhist monastery in China): see PAI-MA-SSU .
Shao-Lin monastery
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism Shao-Lin monastery. A Buddhist monastery in Honan province founded in 496 ce under the auspices of the Emperor Hsiao Wen of the Northern Wei dynasty. It is famed as the site where the first patriarch of the Ch'an school, Bodhidharma (d...
monastery
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History monastery A community of monks living by prayer and labour in secluded, often remote, locations. Such communities, which are meant to...
Grey Earth monastery
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Grey Earth monastery (school of Tibetan Buddhism): see SAKYA .
Drepung monastery
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Drepung monastery: see LHASA .
double monastery
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church double monastery. A religious house for both men and women. The two sexes lived in separate but contiguous establishments, worshipped in distinct...
Betrothal in a Monastery
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Betrothal in a Monastery ( Prokofiev). See Duenna, The .
Psellus, Michael (Baptized Constantine)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...western suburb of Constantinople near the monastery of Narses, 1 psellus belonged to an...Psellus pleaded illness and retired to the monastery of Olympus in Bithynia in 1054; upon...monastic vows; he was forced to stay at the monastery of Narses, near his birthplace, from...
Escorial
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...of Madrid that gives its name to the monastery-palace built there by Philip II (see...the Escorial was built as a palace, a monastery, and a seminary, all centred on an...be of Spanish origin), to whom the monastery was dedicated in acknowledgement of Philip...
Mendel, Johann Gregor
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...branch, ” to the Augustinian monastery in Brno, where Franz himself had stayed...nearly twenty years. Mendel entered the monastery on 9 October 1843 with the name Gregor...conditions for pursuing his studies. The monastery was a center of learning and scientific...

Thesaurus entries related to "Monastery"

monastery
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus monastery • noun  the monastery was temporarily occupied by Nazis synonyms : religious community; friary, abbey, priory, nunnery, cloister, convent.
sojourn
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus sojourn formal • noun  a sojourn in France synonyms : stay, visit, stop, stopover; vacation. • verb  they sojourned in the monastery synonyms : stay, live, put up, stop (over), lodge, room, board; vacation.
cloister
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus cloister • noun   1. the convent's shadowed cloisters synonyms : walkway, covered walk, arcade, loggia, gallery.   2. I was educated in the cloister synonyms : abbey, monastery, friary, convent, priory, nunnery.
abbey
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus abbey • noun  the brothers had been hiding refugees in the abbey's catacombs synonyms : monastery, convent, priory, cloister, friary, nunnery; historical charterhouse; rare cenobium.
priory
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English priory • noun   synonyms : religious house, abbey, cloister, monastery, friary, convent, nunnery.
neophyte
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus neophyte • noun   1. a neophyte of the monastery synonyms : novice, novitiate; postulant, catechumen.   2. cooking classes are offered to neophytes synonyms : beginner...
convent
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus convent • noun  even the hardest work at the convent gave her sense of peace and fulfillment synonyms : nunnery, monastery, priory, abbey, cloister, religious community.

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Monastery asks for nun decree.
Newspaper article from: Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 1/11/2006; 700+ words ; ...Jan. 11--The Pecos Benedictine Monastery has asked the Archdiocese of Santa...recognizing the two remaining women at the monastery as nuns. Three of the five women who lived and worked as sisters at the monastery left recently, when it was determined...
Monastery to consult state on drug plan, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 5/11/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Thailand) 05-11-1999 A CONTROVERSIAL monastery in Saraburi province plans to consult...abbot said yesterday. The Thamkrabok monastery in Saraburi's Phra Buddhabhat district...tipped to become the new abbot of the monastery, replacing his elder brother, Phra...
PECOS MONASTERY: Archdiocese asked for decree on nuns.
Newspaper article from: Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 1/11/2006; 700+ words ; ...Jan. 11--The Pecos Benedictine Monastery has asked the Archdiocese of Santa...recognizing the two remaining women at the monastery as nuns. Three of the five women who lived and worked as sisters at the monastery left recently when it was determined...
Sinai icons offer insight into ancient monastery.
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/23/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...intertwined with the life of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, Egypt...March 4, features 43 of the ancient monastery's historic icons, along with five...A re-creation of some parts of the monastery, including its basilica, gives visitors...
Findings cast light on mediaeval Georgian monastery in Cyprus.
Newspaper article from: Cyprus Mail (Cyprus); 11/12/2008; 700+ words ; ...excavations at the the 12th century Georgian monastery near Gialia village in the Paphos district...centuries were found on all four sides of the monastery. Twelve were found in the south side...said. "The structural design of the monastery and excavated material are of great importance...
Ecumenical monastery in Wisconsin charts a new way.(NATION)(Holy Wisdom Monastery)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 8/17/2007; ; 700+ words ; When members of Holy Wisdom Monastery, on the outskirts of Madison, Wis...Benedict. what makes Holy Wisdom monastery in Madison significant is that it...traditional Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery to an ecumenical community that legally...
Dalai Lama to unveil South Asia's biggest monastery.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 1/10/2010; 700+ words ; ...is scheduled to unveil South Asia's biggest monastery at Chandragiri in Gajapati district on January...Jigme Rinpoche told newspersons here that the monastery - Padmasmbhav Mahavihar Monastery - named after Padmasambhav, the founder of...
700 sign up to save historic monastery Torbay Council has been warned it will have a fight on its hands if it tries to sell off one of Paignton's most historic buildings.
Newspaper article from: Herald Express (Torquay UK); 10/20/2007; 700+ words ; ...Adrian Sanders in a bid to keep the Old Monastery for community use. The council has confirmed...In the meantime, a Friends of the Old Monastery charity group has been set up to safeguard the former monastery's future. A committee was set up three...
MONASTERY OF CHRIST IN THE DESERT; A NEW VENTURE IS BREWING FOR MONKS IN ABIQUI/.(Main)
Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 8/4/2009; 700+ words ; ...to build a small brewery at the Monastery of Christ in the Desert misidentified...Philip Lawrence. ***** The Monastery of Christ in the Desert wants to...Ale label now held by a Pecos monastery. The Rio Arriba County Commission...
Sisters may sell land: Monastery says about 17 acres might be better used for shelters, low-income housing.
Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN); 8/27/2006; 700+ words ; ...Steve Scott Aug. 27--St. Paul's Monastery in Maplewood might be just a little too...sisters are looking into selling the monastery and some of their land and constructing a much smaller monastery for themselves on the remaining grounds...