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Recent Examples of monastery
The book was later reclaimed by the monastery 70 years later, and then moved to the library of a monastery in Broumov.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Stylish Nun Assisi Relais occupies a 13th-century monastery and has a spa built into its first-century Roman foundations.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
The route cuts across rolling farmland, oak woods and medieval hamlets, passing vineyards, monasteries and stone bridges along the way.
—Laura May Todd, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
The monastery is home to 15 monks, some livestock, and a guesthouse for people looking for a little quiet in this turbulent world.
—Faith Salie, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Stylish Nun Assisi Relais occupies a 13th-century monastery and has a spa built into its first-century Roman foundations.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
The route cuts across rolling farmland, oak woods and medieval hamlets, passing vineyards, monasteries and stone bridges along the way.
—Laura May Todd, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
The monastery is home to 15 monks, some livestock, and a guesthouse for people looking for a little quiet in this turbulent world.
—Faith Salie, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monastery
Noun
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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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Long, arched hallways lead to the guest rooms, restaurants, castle-like lounge spaces, and even an ancient cloister from the former monastery.—
Hannah Chubb,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Pilgrims are drawn to the ancient abbey to honor the legacy of Edward the Confessor, whose Shrine is at the heart of the abbey, and the Henry VII Lady Chapel is the burial site of 15 Kings and Queens, including Elizabeth I, Mary I and Mary Queen of Scots.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
23 Dec. 2025
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Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years ago, the local abbey and Archdiocese of Salzburg acquired the convent.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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