vihara

noun

Definition of viharanext
as in ashram

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  1. ashram
  2. monastery
  3. lamasery
  4. cloister
Noun
  • Cuomo was born in New York City and raised in various spiritual communities around the Northeast, including Yogaville, an ashram then situated in Pomfret, Connecticut.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Many of India’s ashrams, clinics, and retreats offer strict fasts (separately from panchakarma programs) alongside spiritual guidance.
    — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2026
Definition of ashram
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  • The monastery-hermitage that the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi lives in has peered over this endlessly entrancing Tyrrhenian view of sunsets and moonshine since the 13th century, which is priceless.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In a new study published this week in the journal Antiquity, researchers describe how a group of historians helped discover the early medieval monastery in a stroke of good luck.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of monastery
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  • 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
Definition of lamasery
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  • The Suite Del Priore – named for its setting in the old priory – has original frescoes and cloister views; the Suite Dell’Eremita has its own lemon grove.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The town served as a Genoese naval outpost during the medieval rivalry with Pisa, and the hotel’s arched colonnades of the original cloister still stand atop rooms that face Palmaria Island or the Gulf itself.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of cloister
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