laurae

It was this arrangement of monasteries, inaugurated by St. Pachomius, which finally spread throughout Palestine, and received the name of laurae, that is

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

In addition to these congregations of solitaries, all living in huts apart, there were caenobia, monasteries wherein the inmates lived a common life, none of them being permitted to retire to the cells of a laurae before they had therein undergone a lengthy period of training.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

In time this form of common life superseded that of the older laurae.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Both laurae and caenobium were surrounded by walls which protected the inmates either from the intrusion of seculars or from the violence of marauders.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The [Greek: laurae] -- each passage outside the hall -- yielded sleeping rooms for servants; and there were store-rooms behind the passage at the top end of the hall, as well as separate chambers for stores in the courtyard.

Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878