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What is communities of monks?
A monastery or it sometimes is called a convent.
Do convent and monastery mean the same?
No, a convent is for women, a monastery is for men.
What is a monastery principal called?
An Abbot or Archimandrite in a male monastery, and an Abbess or Mother Superior in a female monastery or convent.
What is the name for a building owned by The Catholic Church at which monks live?
Monastery for monks (males).Nunnery or convent for nuns (females).
What is opposite gender of monastery?
Convent
What is head of monasteries called?
Men: AbbotWomen: AbbessKnown as an abbot or translated as such.
What monastery did Mother Teresa attend?
She didn't. She joined a convent of the Sister of Loreto, not a monastery.
What is a community of monks?
Any group of Buddhists (Monks/Nuns or lay people) who study and practice together is called a Sangha. If they lived together in a monastic setting then the building is called a monastery.
What is a synonym for abbey?
monastery, convent, priory, nunnery, friary
Where does a prioress live?
In a convent, or abbey, or as in a European definition, a monastery.
Were the excommunication was the process of joining a religious community such as a monastery or a convent?
Yes
What is the name for a house of nuns?
Convent is the usual term. Nunnery is a bit- old-fashioned. one can then speak of convent schools- schools managed by the nuns. On a larger scale there are large headquarters campus-like establishments called Motherhouses- which are operational HQ for religious orders of women and often support colleges, sister formation programs ( analogous to seminaries for men in Religious life)- and often special chapels- including those for funerals- and often cemeteries are on the ground. Convent Station, near Madison, N.J on the Erie-Lackawanna is a sterling example of a modern Motherhouse.
