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Recent Examples of lamasery
His sister is a smart square peg who took off running at the end of Season 3; in the new season, the family is trying to find her, a trip that takes them to a Tibetan lamasery, down South American rivers and onto a Japanese game show.
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Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamasery
Noun
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Work dried up, and Stamp retreated to an Indian ashram.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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In 1969, Stamp moved to an ashram in India.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Monks at the monastery continue to welcome hikers, bikers, and drivers, offering a bed for the night in one of the basic rooms or dorms.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
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Furba spins the prayer wheels surrounding the base of the monastery.—
Joe Baur,
Outside,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Giggles aside, Rita says they were taken to a nursing home against their will two years ago when church authorities shuttered the cloisters as nun numbers diminished.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Despite the morning chill, hundreds of pilgrims were already circling the kora, a two-mile prayer path around the cloister’s walls.—
Chris Schalkx,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Take in the Gothic splendor of the abbey, where Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married, and where Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin are buried.—
Susanne Fowler,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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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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“Lamasery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamasery. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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