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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vihara
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This part of the Indian Himalayas is especially important for pilgrims seeking spiritual retreats, most famously at the Kainchi Dham ashram, where Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg spent time.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026 -
Elizabeth Gilbert wrote about one of her ashrams in Eat Pray Love.—
Blair Glaser,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Among them were 19 Catholics, including seven Trappist monks from the Tibhirine monastery south of Algiers, who were kidnapped and killed in 1996 by Islamic fighters.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Tolan and other historians show how these hostile depictions developed in time in monasteries and royal courts.—
Anna Piela,
The Conversation,
13 Apr. 2026
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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
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Located just east of the Main Quad, Ida Noyes Hall is the home of Doc Films' Max Palevsky Cinema, the campus Pub for over-21 crowd, an array of offices and event spaces, and an architecturally striking staircase and cloister.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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There are still 20 friars who live in the convent around the cloister carrying out their duties.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Vihara.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vihara. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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