McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Acisterium

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Acisterium


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one of the numerous appellations of monasteries. The Latin word is asceterium (q.v.). The following forms are probably corruptions of the same word: archisterium, architerium, arcisterium, architrium, assisterium, acistarium, acisterium, and ascysterium.