Medieval History Term of the Week: Lavra
Lavra
By the later Middle Ages, a major monastery. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 624)
*definitions retreived from NetSERF’s Medieval Glossary (http://www.netserf.org/Glossary/)
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on February 12th, 2010
I recognized the word at once. When I was actively learning Russian, I found that “lavra” was the Russian word for “monastery”.
Anne G
most interesting! I enjoy visiting your blog, I learn something new every time!
Anne, do you still speak Russian, or any other languages? The only other language I speak is Spanish but would love to learn more.
Terresa, thanks so much for stopping by my site and commenting! I appreciate the kind words!
Stevent:
I can still, more or less, read Russian, but it’s awfully rusty by now. I can read Spanish, if it isn’t too complicated, though I never took a course. I just started learning Spanish by reading bilingual signs in various public places and memorizing the vocabulary(a lot of words in Spanish have obvious cognates in English).
Anne G
That’s a good way to learn Spanish vocab. I do the same thing. Plus, I have a Spanish-English dictionary app on my iPhone, which is handy.