monastery
意味
- 男子修道院
- 《集合的に》修道僧
例文
Monks used to play tennis in monasteries.
当時は修道僧達が修道院でよくテニスをしていた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Medieval Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermitage, monastery”), from μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”, suffix forming place names), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix). Doublet of minster.