"lavra" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lavras",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lavrae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "lavrae"
      },
      "expansion": "lavra (plural lavras or lavrae)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "laura"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2000, Edward G. Mathews, Jr., Lavra, entry in William M. Johnston (editor), Encyclopedia of Monasticism: A-L, page 747,\nHe left this and, together with a fellow monk, Theoctistus, founded a number of other monasteries and lavras, including the lavra on the cliff in Wadi Mukallik and another in the area of Mishor Adummim."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Graham Speake, Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise, page 43:",
          "text": "The other 46 signatories of the Tragos can be assumed to have been hegoumenoi of lavras — no doubt perfectly well-run holy houses in their way, but they lacked the architectural grandeur of the Great Lavra, and they lacked its staying power too.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Norman Tanner, New Short History of the Catholic Church, page 77:",
          "text": "Also important were the lavras (colonies of hermits) established in Palestine between the fourth and early sixth centuries, notably those founded by St Euthymius (+473) and his disciple St Sabas (+532).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of laura"
      ],
      "id": "en-lavra-en-noun-3fwL0Wcz",
      "links": [
        [
          "laura",
          "laura#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlævɹə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lavra"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lavras",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lavrae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "lavrae"
      },
      "expansion": "lavra (plural lavras or lavrae)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "laura"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 4 entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2000, Edward G. Mathews, Jr., Lavra, entry in William M. Johnston (editor), Encyclopedia of Monasticism: A-L, page 747,\nHe left this and, together with a fellow monk, Theoctistus, founded a number of other monasteries and lavras, including the lavra on the cliff in Wadi Mukallik and another in the area of Mishor Adummim."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Graham Speake, Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise, page 43:",
          "text": "The other 46 signatories of the Tragos can be assumed to have been hegoumenoi of lavras — no doubt perfectly well-run holy houses in their way, but they lacked the architectural grandeur of the Great Lavra, and they lacked its staying power too.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Norman Tanner, New Short History of the Catholic Church, page 77:",
          "text": "Also important were the lavras (colonies of hermits) established in Palestine between the fourth and early sixth centuries, notably those founded by St Euthymius (+473) and his disciple St Sabas (+532).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of laura"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "laura",
          "laura#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlævɹə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lavra"
}