Monastery and School

Monastery

Monastery noun - A residence for men under religious vows.

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School and monastery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "School" instead a noun "Monastery".

Nearby Word: monastic

School noun - A place or establishment for teaching and learning.

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Monastery and school are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Monastery" instead a noun "School".

full	full monastery	full school
particular	particular monastery	particular school
small	small monastery	small school
entire	entire monastery	entire school
Other adjectives: large, black, famous, secret, abandoned, former, local, nearby.

It's an interesting example, because it's a former monastery converted into a school that is now being used by the army as a watch tower.

Source: Old School Building
Shell Shock Takes place in a ruined school which was once a monastery.

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The famous Shaolin monks have a Kung Fu school but no monastery to current knowledge.

Source: Useful Notes / Hong Kong

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