religious houses
Abbeys and convents
Religious houses are institutions where members of a religious order live communally under shared vows—monasteries, convents, abbeys, priories, and similar establishments.
The term encompasses both the community itself and the physical buildings: The religious houses were dissolved under Henry VIII.
Members typically follow a rule governing prayer, work, and daily life.
- rectoryClergy dwelling near church
- almshouseCharitable home for poor
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- habitSettled regular tendency
- cellBasic unit of life
shrine · vicarage · yeshiva · abbey · zendo · madrasa · hospice · divinity school · sanctuary · parsonage · seminary · priory · orphanage · basilica · convent · monastic order · cloistered life · presbytery
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- monasteriesabbey, abbeys, abbot, abbots, abbess
- FranciscansSaint Francis, friars, St. Francis, friar, Francis of Assisi
- Welsh monasteriesTintern Abbey, abbey ruins, monastic ruins
religious housesboarding houses
Paid lodging with meals
hostels · rooming houses · apartment buildings · residential halls · fraternity houses
religious housesmilitary barracks
Housing for armed forces
government housing · state institutions · workhouses · poorhouses · public housing
religious housesprivate residences
Personal living quarters
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