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monastery. Why, when a number of monks share the house called a “monastery,” does the word for that house derive from Greek monazien, to live alone? No one is sure, but possibly the word, first recorded in the early 15th century, was suggested by early Christian monks such as St. Anthony and St. Paul, who lived alone as hermits in Egypt. St. Paul is said to have been 113 when he died in the third century, and his grave outside his cave is said to have been dug by two lions. |