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Recent Examples of monastery
While searching the area around the monastery, researchers climbed some rock formations and found dozens of unfamiliar-looking millipedes with colorful legs, the study said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
According to regional councilor Massimo Sertori, the 21 nuns residing at the monastery were evacuated safely.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
But a new theory suggests the book may have emerged from a Pictish monastery in Portmahomack, on Scotland’s northeast coast.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2025
According to Na Uyana Monastery’s website, the complex is one of the oldest Buddhist forest monasteries in the country, dating back to the 3rd century BCE.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
According to regional councilor Massimo Sertori, the 21 nuns residing at the monastery were evacuated safely.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
But a new theory suggests the book may have emerged from a Pictish monastery in Portmahomack, on Scotland’s northeast coast.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2025
According to Na Uyana Monastery’s website, the complex is one of the oldest Buddhist forest monasteries in the country, dating back to the 3rd century BCE.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monastery
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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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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Richardson was seen by a priest at the abbey on Aug. 26 sitting alone in a pew, Manley said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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