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† ˈmunec-lif Obs.
[OE. munuclíf: see monk and life. Cf. ON. múnklifi and cotlif.]
A monastery.
In the OE. version of Bæda iv. iii. the word is used in the etymological sense ‘monastic life’ (orig. monastica vita).
c893K. ælfred Oros. vi. xxiv. 290 Hic..sende on Egypte & het toweorpan eal fra munuclif þe his broðor ær ᵹestaþelade. c1000ælfric Hom. (Th.) II. 506 He arærde him munuclif..Þat mynster he ᵹeloᵹode mid wellybbendum mannum. c1200Ormin 6292 Þatt lif þatt iss i muneclif Iss shadd fra ȝure swinnkess, & itt iss all an oþerr lif & hehhre lif & bettre. c1205Lay. 29717 At Bangor wes a munecclif. Ibid. 32218 Ȝeond chirchen & ȝeond muneccliuen. |