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
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Noun
  • In 1980, after meeting the yogi Swami Muktananda at an ashram in the Catskills, Rashad began practicing Siddha yoga, which trains its followers to recognize the divinity in themselves and the surrounding world.
    Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
  • About 90 minutes from Dallas, in a north Texas farming community home to more cows than people, sits an ashram where two Jain monks and documentary filmmakers, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree, 41, and Sadhvi Anubhuti, 42, are on a spiritual journey of a whole other kind.
    Kayla McCormick, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Strike on Myanmar monastery kills 23 BANGKOK -- An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar's central Sagaing region killed at least 23 people who were taking shelter in the compound, separate sources said Friday.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2025
  • The Lowdown The 10th-century monastery has been reborn as a 15-bedroom retreat on a private 5,000-acre estate near the Castilian village of Baltanás.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Give yourself ample time to tour the 42-acre complex; besides the mausoleum, there is a mosque, a guest house, cloisters, courtyards, and vast gardens. 6.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
  • The stateside monastery has a Gallic feel—the cloister was imported from France, for instance—but offers panoramic vistas of the bay and Golden Gate Bridge.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, The Prettiest Village In France, 2025 The abbey of Saint Anthony is the main draw in France's prettiest village, 2025, classified as a historic monument in 1840 because of its medieval architecture.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • While the abbey itself isn't open to the public, the adjoining church is, offering a glimpse into the life and legacy of the Benedictine monk who played a pivotal role in the development of this beloved libation.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2025

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“Lamasery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamasery. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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