Christian monasteries

thumb|right|The cloister of [[Sénanque Abbey, Provence]] alt=|thumb|Church of the former Bath Abbey, [[Somerset]] thumb|right|An interior of the Bridgettine's [[Nådendal Abbey, a medieval Catholic monastery in Naantali, Finland]] An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian or Buddhist monks and nuns.

monastic tradition that stresses community life

280px|thumb|St Nicholas skete of the Valaam Monastery thumb|Russian Old Believers in the Sharpansky Skete (the [[Kerzhenets River Woods) in 1897]]

thumb|right|Priory of St. Wigbert, an [[Evangelical-Lutheran monastery in the Benedictine tradition (Germany)]] right|300px|thumb|The Priory de Graville, France A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They are found in the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, and Anglican Communion. Priories may be monastic houses of monks or nuns (such as the Benedictines, the Cistercians, or the Charterhouses). Houses of canons & canonesses regular also use this term, the alternative being canonry. Mendicant houses, of friars, nuns, or tertiary siste

monastery of the Order of Saint Bruno

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pseudoscientific hypothesis that multiple buildings dedicated to St Michael, lie along the same line, purposely

former abbey in Contigliano, Italy