RELIGIOUS RESIDENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does religious residence mean? 

• RELIGIOUS RESIDENCE (noun)
  The noun RELIGIOUS RESIDENCE has 1 sense:

1. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

  Familiarity information: RELIGIOUS RESIDENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELIGIOUS RESIDENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cloister; religious residence

Hypernyms ("religious residence" is a kind of...):

residence (the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "religious residence"):

convent (a religious residence especially for nuns)

monastery (the residence of a religious community)

priory (religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress)