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lamasery

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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. Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamasery
Noun
  • Work dried up, and Stamp retreated to an Indian ashram.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In 1969, Stamp moved to an ashram in India.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Furba spins the prayer wheels surrounding the base of the monastery.
    Joe Baur, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 1 Dec. 2025.

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