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Recent Examples of monastery
The film was instead inspired by the life of a young Spanish woman that Alauda observed many years ago, who left her family for a monastery.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2025
This does not mean every tech employee needs to move to a mountain monastery — there are ways to both make money and do good.
—Tyler Johnson, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
The island is home to a working monastery where Cistercian monks have made wine, liqueurs, and honey for centuries.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The network stretches more than 3,500 miles from the Black Sea to Siberia and includes two new cadet schools and even a monastery.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for monastery
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2025
This does not mean every tech employee needs to move to a mountain monastery — there are ways to both make money and do good.
—Tyler Johnson, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
The island is home to a working monastery where Cistercian monks have made wine, liqueurs, and honey for centuries.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The network stretches more than 3,500 miles from the Black Sea to Siberia and includes two new cadet schools and even a monastery.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for monastery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monastery
Noun
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Natural light, serene cloisters and Spanish gothic architectural flourishes characterize this memorial space, which is also home to an annual music festival, held annually during the summer solstice called the Garden of Memory.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Monasteries were dissolved, cloister vineyards broken up, and the bronze Horses of San Marco shipped to Paris.—
Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Back in 1775, the grapes grown at the Schloss Johannisberg estate in Germany’s Rheingau region could not be picked until a permit was issued by the cleric leading the abbey, known as the Prince Abbot.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
5 Oct. 2025
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Construction began on the Silverado Canyon abbey in 2018, about 7 miles north of its previous location in Trabuco Canyon after the priests and seminarians outgrew that location.—
Andrea Klick,
Oc Register,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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