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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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Paul McCartney’s then-girlfriend Jane Asher and the other Beatles’ wives were also at the ashram, along with Mia Farrow and her sister Prudence.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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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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The city’s top attractions include riding the Cerro de Monserrate funicular to sweeping views and a 17th-century monastery, visiting the colonial La Candelaria neighborhood, and spending time in the Gold Museum, home to invaluable gold artifacts and insights on indigenous Muisca culture.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2026
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Late last year, Karp bought Colorado’s most expensive real estate listing, a $120 million monastery near Aspen Snowmass ski resort.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Today, visitors come to Museo di San Marco to see the frescoes and panels by Fra Angelico, as well as its courtyard, cloisters, palazzo, and garden.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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Published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Connolly was the floral artistic director for the Prince and Princess of Wales' April 2011 wedding day and brought in six field maples, two hornbeams and almost 30,000 flowers to decorate the abbey.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Lamasery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamasery. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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