#monastery
- Monastery guest house — A phonetic and regional variant of arhondărie; a building, wing, or block of houses located within an Orthodox monastery or a boyar residence, specially arranged for the lodging, rest, and free hospitality of pilgrims and distinguished guests. This space symbolizes traditional monastic hospitality and is managed directly by an archondar or archontar.
- Arnota — A historic Romanian Orthodox monastery located in Vâlcea County, founded between 1633 and 1634 by Prince Matei Basarab. Situated at an isolated altitude on the mountain of the same name, it houses the tomb of its founder and highly valuable interior frescoes.
- Aroneanu — A commune in Iași County, Romania, adjacent to the city of Iași. It is famous for the Aroneanu Monastery, founded in 1594 by Prince Aron Vodă. As a Romanian surname, it is a patronymic or toponymic derivation.
- Institutional — Relating to an establishment, a religious, charitable, or administrative institution; a person who manages, serves, or resides in a public or church establishment. In old chancery documents, the term described the institutional or normative character of a deed related to the founding and structural organization of a monastery or a hospital.
- Establishment — A graphical variant using 'î' for the term 'așezământ'; an institution of public, cultural, social, charitable, or religious nature (such as an asylum, a school, a hospital, or a monastery), established on the basis of a clearly defined legal statute. In a historical context, it designated an official convention, a treaty, a legislation, or a structural princely decree that established mandatory rules for the country's administrative organization.
- Ashram — A hermitage, monastery, secluded place of retreat, or spiritual community in India, where a group of disciples lives structurally under a guru's guidance to study sacred texts, practice meditation and yoga, and lead a simple life dedicated to inner perfection.
- Augustinian — A Catholic nun belonging to a monastic order or religious congregation that follows the Rule of Saint Augustine; a member of the female Augustinian monastic communities. As an adjective, it represents the feminine form of 'augustin'.