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MONASTERY
A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of men living in seclusion under religious vows.
Classifications
Related Terms
| Term | Note |
|---|---|
| ABBEY | The buildings of a monastic community presided over by an abbot or abbess. |
| ALMONRY | A building adjacent to a monastery where alms were distributed to the poor |
| CATHEDRAL | The principal church of a diocese in which the cathedra or bishop's throne is to be found. |
| CELL | A monastic enclave dependent on a mother house. |
| CHAPTER HOUSE | The building attached to a cathedral or collegiate church where the dean, prebendaries or monks and canons met for the transaction of business. |
| CLOISTER | A covered walk, walled on one side and usually arcaded on the other, surrounding or partly surrounding an open area in a monastery or similar complex of Christian buildings. |
| FARM | A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. |
| FRIARY | A religious house occupied by men of mendicant religious orders (friars). |
| GATEHOUSE | A gateway with one or more chambers over the entrance arch; the flanking towers housing stairs and additional rooms. Use with wider site type where known. |
| GRANGE | The residence and outbuildings of an outlying farm or estate, especially that held by a monastery or other religious order. |
| GUEST HALL | A residence for guests, usually part of a religious house. |
| HOSPITAL | A building or complex where care and treatment are provided to the sick, aged, infirm and poor. Use narrower term where possible. |
| INFIRMARY | A building where the sick are cared for. Use where part of a wider complex, otherwise use HOSPITAL. |
| KITCHEN | A building or room where food is prepared and cooked. |
| MANOR | An area of land consisting of the lord's demesne and of lands from whose holders he may exact certain fees, etc. |
| MONASTIC SETTLEMENT | Buildings and land associated with a monastery. |
| NUNNERY | A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of women, such as nuns or canonesses, living in seclusion under religious vows. |
| PRECEPTORY | A manor or estate owned and run by an order of knights and governed by a preceptor. |
| PRIORY | A lesser monastery headed by a prior, often linked to a cathedral or dependent on a mother house. |
| ROUND TOWER | A tall, narrow tower, circular in cross section. Usually of early Medieval date and associated with, although detached from, a church or monastery. |
| VALLUM | A boundary comprising a ditch and one or more earth banks. Usually associated with either a monastery or a Roman military installation. |
