vihara

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vihara
Noun
  • Work dried up, and Stamp retreated to an Indian ashram.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In 1969, Stamp moved to an ashram in India.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The monastery spreads over 5,000 acres of forest on a series of hills, according to its website.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Natural light, serene cloisters and Spanish gothic architectural flourishes characterize this memorial space, which is also home to an annual music festival, held annually during the summer solstice called the Garden of Memory.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Monasteries were dissolved, cloister vineyards broken up, and the bronze Horses of San Marco shipped to Paris.
    Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Vihara.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vihara. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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