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a town and port of entry abbot's lodge formed a separate edifice, as also did the infirmary. The whole important factories in leather, hats, establishment was surrounded by a wall, foundry materials and flour and planing and provided with proper gates and defenses.
In later times the simplicity of the plan was broken in on. The monks, desirous of more comfortable quarters, divided the dormitory and made it it into cells. The early simplicity was departed from, and the monastic buildings of the 15th century are rich in decoration. The monasteries of the other orders were, generally speaking, similar to those of the Cistercian, except in the case of the Carthusians. In their convents, where absolute solitude and silence were required, each monk had a small house and garden to himself.
MONASTIR (mō-näs-ter'), or BITO- LIA, formerly second town in Turkish Macedonia; 90 miles N. W. of Salonica.
It manufactures carpets and silver filigree, and trades in corn and agricultural products. Under its ancient name of Pelagonia it gives title to a Greek archbishop. The Serbs captured the town in the Balkan War 1912. Since then a part of Serbia. In November, 1915, the town was captured by the Austrians and Bulgarians, who, however, lost it again to the Allied forces in November, 1916.
See WORLD WAR. mills. A center for lumber and farm products.
Pop. about 12,500.