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Set in Medieval England in the year 1348, the story alights on Lansley Abbey, a remote stone monastery in Yorkshire, which houses ten monks bound by a life of strict routine and devotion.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 May 2025
The monastery coincidentally served as a French abbey’s outpost amid increasing tensions between France and England in the years leading up to the Hundred Years’ War.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025
Nestled in the mountains, this beautiful monastery is an architectural treasure.
—Carlsen Jes, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025
The remains of the monastery were found in a field in Derome, in southwest Sweden.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 May 2025
The monastery coincidentally served as a French abbey’s outpost amid increasing tensions between France and England in the years leading up to the Hundred Years’ War.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025
Nestled in the mountains, this beautiful monastery is an architectural treasure.
—Carlsen Jes, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025
The remains of the monastery were found in a field in Derome, in southwest Sweden.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monastery
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The church of St Francis is also worth visiting for the peaceful cloister with graceful Gothic arches and creeping greenery.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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With stone walls, vaulted ceilings, and Renaissance cloister, Parador is a prime example of Gothic architecture.—
Carlsen Jes,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Or take another boat (there is not a boat that goes to both islands on a round trip) to the smaller island of Saint-Honorat, to an abbey founded by a hermit in 410CE, when monks owned most of Cannes.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Since then, he’s injected his flair into Venetian jewels like Abbazia San Gregorio, a former Benedictine abbey and the home of Diane von Furstenburg in Palazzo Brandolini-Giustinian.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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