how to pronounce monastery

/ˈmɑːnəsˌtɛɹiː/

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monastery is pronounced in four syllables

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iː

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An example use of monastery in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… it out of the monastery and I wanted to …”

meaning of monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings used by a religious order for housing and worship.

monastery frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word monastery occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.