nunnery

convent

Religious sisters' dwelling

• abbeyMonastic house of worship
• cloisterCovered monastic walkway
• sisterhoodBond among women

novitiate · prioress · abbess · habit · veil · vespers · order · liturgy · rosary · benedictine

sister

Female sibling

• noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
• postulantReligious order applicant
• bride of ChristWoman spiritually married to Jesus

veil · habit · vows · calling · renunciation · celibacy · chastity · consecration · profession · enclosure

chapel

Small worship room

• cloisterCovered monastic walkway
• dormitoryStudent living building
• infirmaryFacility for treating illness

gatehouse · refectory · scriptorium · quadrangle · garth · choir · nave · transept · bell tower · grille

prayer

Address to deity

• contemplationSustained reflective attention
• meditationFocused attention practice
• worshipReligious reverence and praise

piety · faith · spirituality · chastity · obedience · poverty · silence · holiness · reverence · seclusion

Hamlet

Danish prince's revenge tragedy

• OpheliaGreek name meaning help
• PoloniusMeddling royal counselor
• ElsinoreDanish royal fortress

Globe · Elizabethan · innuendo · rebuke · dismissal · rejection · bard · tragedy · soliloquy

refuge

Place of safety

• retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
• havenShelter from danger
• asylumShelter from persecution

shelter · seclusion · escape · respite · peace · tranquility · serenity · solitude · protection · withdrawal

• Buddhist groupssanghas, monastic community, Buddhist temples, meditation centers, meditation center
• refugesrefuge, haven, safe haven, safe house, safehouse
• religious buildingsabbey, ashram, basilica, chapel, convent
• sacred placestemple complex, basilica, abbey, church, chapel
• retreatsspa, retreat house, meditation retreat, writing retreat, wellness retreat
• monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister