All chapter house synonyms

noun chapter house

• nunnery — a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.
• convent — A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live.
• hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
• monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
• abbey — An abbey is a church with buildings attached to it in which monks or nuns live or used to live.
• cell — A cell is the smallest part of an animal or plant that is able to function independently. Every animal or plant is made up of millions of cells.
• sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
• house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
• order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• priory — a religious house governed by a prior or prioress, often dependent upon an abbey.
• friary — a monastery of friars, especially those of a mendicant order.
• lamasery — a monastery of lamas.
• priorate — the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.