monastery, paramilitary, temple

The pro-Tibet activist group, the London-based Free Tibet Campaign, said the protests followed what the government called a patriotic education campaign, in which monks in the area were told to denounce the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. According to the Free Tibet Campaign, when Buddhist monks at the Ganzi monastery denied entry to the police, a large deployment of paramilitary forces was sent to the temple on Thursday, and two monks were arrested for possessing photographs of the Dalai Lama.

Definition

monastery Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a building in which monks live and worship
Compare convent; nunnery at nun.

temple (BUILDING) Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a building used for the worship of a god or gods in some religions


paramilitary Hide phonetics
adjective
1 describes a group which is organized like an army but is not official and often not legal

2 connected with and helping the official armed forces:
In some countries, police and fire officers have paramilitary training.

paramilitary
noun [C]
a person who belongs to a paramilitary organization