ΜΟΝΉ: ** μονή, -ῆς, ἡ [ (< μένω), [in LXX: I Mac 7:38*;] ] 1. . in cl., (a) . a staying, abiding; (b) . continuance (LXX, I Mac 7:38).
2. . In late Gk., (a) . a statson (Paus.); (b) . an abode: Jo 14:2, 23; (c) . a monastery (cf. MM, iii, xvi; so in MGr.).†