Monastery
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Christian monasteries

The word "monastery" comes from the Latin monasterium, the lifestyle of a monk, or the place where monks or other religious live, work and worship in community; the word also referred to the cathedral or church used by the monks, or the cathedral chapter.

• Hilandar
• Glendalough

See also: monasticism, abbey, priory, cloister

Buddhist monasteries

• Nalanda, India
• Shaolin, China
• Donglin Temple, China
• Tengboche, Nepal

See also: monasticism, List of Buddhist temples

See also:

• Dissolution of the Monasteries
• List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
• Taoism
• Wudangshan

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