Monasteries
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086690
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85086690#concept
Variants
- Cloisters (Religious communities)
- Friaries
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
- Abbeys
- Augustinian monasteries
- Benedictine monasteries
- Bon monasteries
- Buddhist monasteries
- Capuchin monasteries
- Carmelite monasteries
- Cave monasteries
- Charterhouses
- Cistercian monasteries
- Coptic monasteries
- Dominican monasteries
- Double monasteries
- Enclosure (Monasticism)
- Franciscan monasteries
- Hermitages
- Hieronymite monasteries
- Hindu monasteries
- Houses of prayer
- Islamic monasteries
- Jaina monasteries
- Lingayat monasteries
- Music in monasteries
- Orthodox Eastern monasteries
- Premonstratensian monasteries
- Syrian Orthodox monasteries
Related Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Narrower Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Wikipedia, 27 July 2010:under Monastery, redirected from Friary (in English usage, the term "monastery" is generally used to denote the buildings of a community of monks; the name "convent" tends to be used (inaccurately) for the buildings accommodating female monastics (nuns); it may also be used to reflect the Latin usage for houses of friars, more commonly called a friary)
LC Classification
- BX2460-BX2749
- NA4850
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2010-08-26: revised
Alternate Formats