Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vihara
Noun
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An ashram where half of them lived sustained slight damage to one window.—
Deborah Netburn,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025 -
And yet, even when the Beatles retreated to an ashram in the late ’60s seeking transcendence, most Americans still saw yoga as something for hippies and Eastern mystics.—
Danielle Friedman,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In winter 1524-1525, the peasants were able to capture castles and monasteries without much bloodshed.—
Michael Bruening,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Through centuries, pilgrims stopped at the monastery there, and then the island became a vineyard, a vegetable garden and eventually a fortified military site.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The wide open space of the glorious Sistine Chapel, wonderful ornate cloisters and marble staircases needed a flip side to them.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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Christian intellectuals increasingly accepted input from classical and contemporary non-Christian sources, particularly in emerging urban schools, which were beginning to replace monastic cloisters as centers of learning in Europe.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Nov. 2024
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“Vihara.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vihara. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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