noun
- a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church, typically consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits around a central church
Usage: historical; religious
Examples
- The ancient laura was carved into the cliffs of the desert.
- Monks lived in individual cells within the laura.
- The laura served as a center for monastic life in early Christianity.
- Pilgrims visited the famous laura in the Holy Land.
- Each laura had a central church where the hermits gathered for worship.