MONASTERY
ADJECTIVES
► IMMONASTERED shut up in a monastery → 1622 obs.
► MONASTERIAL of the nature of a monastery → c1443
NOUNS
► CALEFACTORY the room in a monastery where the inmates warmed themselves → 1681
► DORTER ► DORTOUR a sleeping-room, a bed-chamber, a dormitory, esp. that of a monastery → c1290 obs.
► DORTORY ► DORTRY a sleeping-room, a bed-chamber, a dormitory, esp. that of a monastery → 1636 obs.
► LOCUTORY a room or place for conversation; esp. a room in a monastery, or, in later use, a convent, where monks were allowed to converse → 1483
► OFFICINE a workshop; a laboratory; an office in a monastery → 1425 obs.
► XENODOCHION a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery → 1865
► XENODOCHIUM a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery → 1612
► XENODOCHY a house of reception for strangers and pilgrims; a hostel, a guest-house, esp. in a monastery → 1540 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MANDRIARCH a ruler or founder of a monastic order → 1871
► OBEDIENCER a member of a conventual establishment charged with any duty or ‘obedience’; the holder of any office in a monastery, under the abbot or superior; an officer in a monastery → 1380 obs.
► OBEDIENCIARY a member of a conventual establishment charged with any duty or ‘obedience’; the holder of any office in a monastery, under the abbot or superior; an officer in a monastery → 1380 obs.
► OBEDIENTIAR a member of a conventual establishment charged with any duty or ‘obedience’; the holder of any office in a monastery, under the abbot or superior; an officer in a monastery → 1892
► OBEDIENTIARY a member of a conventual establishment charged with any duty or ‘obedience’; the holder of any office in a monastery, under the abbot or superior → 1794
► OBLAT 1. a disabled soldier placed by the king in a monastery to be there maintained → 1693 obs.
2. a person devoted to a monastery or to religious work → 1693 obs.
► OBLATE a person devoted to a monastery or to religious work → 1864
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