Crossword-Solution: MONASTERY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Monastery | n. | A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| MONASTERY | anagram | OYSTERMAN |
We have 32 clues for the answer “MONASTERY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| monkery | 1 answer |
| Where an order may be placed | 1 answer |
| The ___, by Sir Walter Scott. | 1 answer |
| Second sign of hesitation to enter filthy house | 1 answer |
| Religious place #6 | 1 answer |
| Religious dwelling | 1 answer |
| Quiet home, usually | 1 answer |
| Monte Cassino, e.g. | 1 answer |
| MANDRA | 1 answer |
| Holy Island sight | 1 answer |
| Father's quarters | 1 answer |
| Dalai Lama's home | 1 answer |
| CHARTERHOUSE | 1 answer |
| A community of monks living under religious vows | 1 answer |
| ASHRAM | 3 answers |
| MONK settlement | 3 answers |
| friary | 4 answers |
| priory | 4 answers |
| Religious residence | 5 answers |
| Religious retreat | 6 answers |
| Convent | 6 answers |
| Nunnery | 7 answers |
| Hermitage | 8 answers |
| Dalai ___ | 9 answers |
| Dalai Lama land | 10 answers |
| DALAI LAMA COUNTRY | 10 answers |
| Cloister | 10 answers |
| ABBEY ___ | 27 answers |
| COLLEGE ___ | 28 answers |
| PRAYER, place of | 28 answers |
| PLACE of worship | 34 answers |
| refuge | 73 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MONASTERY (5)
Robert Marmion, issuing forth against the enemy, was slain under the walls of the monastery, being the only one who fell, though he was surrounded by his troops.
The revenues of the monastery, of which a large part was at his disposal, while they gave him the means of supplying his own very considerable expenses, afforded also those largesses which he bestowed among the peasantry, and with which he frequently relieved the distresses of the oppressed.
Continuing his mentation, Igor allowed as how, like the monastery, the university structure is maintained because it is supported throughout the governmental system of a state or country.
The place is half bleak and half pastoral; a huge white monastery rises abruptly from the green floor of the valley and complicates its picturesqueness with an element rare in Swiss scenery.
The first thing either of them noticed was a new sound that broke into the clear air, louder than they had ever heard it before—the bell of the monastery of their own village, ringing for early prayers.
Quotes with MONASTERY (3)
Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.
Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can impact faith. For that matter, so can a bout of hunger or overwork, anything carried to an extreme. Faith thrives on routine. Look at any monastery and you will see that. Faith keeps on keeping on.
You have two things of value: your monastery and your people. Translate the book for me, and I'll let you keep one. Which will it be?
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1946–2011).