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Recent Examples of monastery
The Vatican has denied that Prevost permitted Ray to live at the monastery.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 May 2025
In 2015, David and his wife made Texas their primary residence after retiring from their jobs at a Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, N.Y., where David was executive director for three years.
—Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The ingredient arrived in Christian monasteries, where scribes would dissolve it in water to create ink or paint.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
The trick now is knowing where to go and which Muay Thai boxing schools, silent monasteries, or health spas to choose.
—Lee Cobaj, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 May 2025
In 2015, David and his wife made Texas their primary residence after retiring from their jobs at a Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, N.Y., where David was executive director for three years.
—Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The ingredient arrived in Christian monasteries, where scribes would dissolve it in water to create ink or paint.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
The trick now is knowing where to go and which Muay Thai boxing schools, silent monasteries, or health spas to choose.
—Lee Cobaj, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monastery
Noun
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The latter was particularly restorative, as was the Negroni No. 2 at Le Bar, in the cloister, which adds beets and strawberries to the classic recipe.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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When the breeze flows through the cloisters, the kites float, showing off their gravity-defying nature.—
Diana Budds,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Since then, he’s injected his flair into Venetian jewels like Abbazia San Gregorio, a former Benedictine abbey and the home of Diane von Furstenburg in Palazzo Brandolini-Giustinian.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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Using the abbey as an observation post with gun emplacements near its foundation and in the surrounding cliffs, the Germans command the narrow mountain passes of Route 6—the road to Rome.—
Catherine Musemeche,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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