double monastery

American  

noun

1. a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.

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Example Sentences

The prevalence and influence of the double monastery in England may perhaps be better understood by a reference to the position of women generally in Anglo-Saxon society.

From Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 by Stoney, Constance

On the other hand, the double monastery seems always to have flourished wherever the fervour of the Irish missionaries penetrated.

From Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 by Stoney, Constance

Hilda governed her double monastery with singular wisdom and success; and, so great was the love and veneration she inspired among all classes that she merited the epithet of "Mother of her Country."

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

The latest double monastery in England was that of S. Bridget of Sion, near Isleworth, on the Thames.

From Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 by Stoney, Constance

In Wessex the double monastery of Wimborne was the most important of its time, and most famed for its literary activity.

From Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 by Stoney, Constance