kellion

[ ke-lee-on ]

/ kɛˈli ɒn /

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noun, plural kel·li·a

[ke-lee-uh]. /kɛˈli ə/. Eastern Church.

a small community of monks.

a cell in a monastery.

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Origin of kellion

<Late Greek: little cell, equivalent to Latin cell(a) cell + Greek -ion diminutive suffix