monastery
nounA community of persons, especially monks, bound by vows to a religious life and often living in partial or complete seclusion.
nounThe dwelling place of such a community.
nounA house or other place of residence occupied in common by persons seeking religious seclusion from the world: commonly applied to such a house exclusively used by monks.
nounA house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; — more rarely applied to such a house for females.
nounPlace of residence for members of a
the residence of a religious community