† ˈmunec-lif Obs.
[OE. munucl{iacu}f: see monk and life. Cf. ON. m{uacu}nklifi and cotlif.]
A monastery.
In the OE. version of Bæda iv. iii. the word is used in the etymological sense ‘monastic life’ (orig. monastica vita).
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. vi. xxiv. 290 Hic..sende on Egypte & het toweorpan eal fra munuclif þe his broðor ær ᵹestaþelade. c 1000 ælfric Hom. (Th.) II. 506 He arærde him munuclif..Þat mynster he ᵹeloᵹode mid wellybbendum mannum. c 1200 Ormin 6292 Þatt lif þatt iss i muneclif Iss shadd fra ȝure swinnkess, & itt iss all an oþerr lif & hehhre lif & bettre. c 1205 Lay. 29717 At Bangor wes a munecclif. Ibid. 32218 Ȝeond chirchen & ȝeond muneccliuen. |