A monastery; a Christian religious house. Obsolete.

A monastery.

A cloister, cell, or monastery.

The benefice or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess; an abbacy. Also: an abbey.

The place of habitation of a group or community. The place of abode of a religious community; an abbey, monastery, convent, etc.; = religious house n.…

an anchorite's cell; (also) a monastery or nunnery.

Christian Church. A particular religious order or denomination; †a religious house. Also figurative. Now rare.

Christian Church. A religious establishment usually consisting of a community of monks under an abbot or nuns under an abbess, esp. when considered…

A place of residence for a community of nuns; a building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community; a convent. Also figurative…

house (also †abbey) of religion: a religious house, esp. a monastery or nunnery; (in later use also) a place of worship, as a church, mosque, or…

A nunnery.

A cloister, monastic cell, or monastery.

A place of religious seclusion; a monastery or nunnery; a convent.

A place of residence for a community living under religious vows, esp. the residence of a community of monks. Also: the members of such a community.

a monastery.

plural. The quarters or convent of a particular order; hence often used as a proper name for the part of a town where their convent formerly existed.

The building or set of buildings occupied by such a religious community.

The place of meeting of a guild. Also, the building in which a religious guild or fraternity lived.

Scottish. A nunnery or convent presided over by a prioress.

the site or grounds of a (former) abbey; an estate belonging to an abbey.

A nunnery.

A habitation for one or more religious recluses, a hermitage; = reclusery, n. Also: a monastery or convent.

Also with capital initial. In India: a convent or monastery, esp. of ascetics. Also: an order of ascetics or monks; spec. such a group forming a…

a charitable house, as a hospital, poorhouse, or the like, established for reasons of piety; (also) a religious house, as a monastery, convent, etc.

A convent, a monastery (in Germany, Flanders, etc.).