minster

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Noun
  • Winners will be selected by April 15—the day the fire tore through the cathedral in 2019—and are prohibited from selling, gifting, or trading the stones.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The cathedral is hosting a Bach-a-thon with musicians performing all the works of Johann Sebastian Bach — the party goes until 1 a.m. Subscribe to continue reading this article.
    Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The 19th-century chapel has been restored and is a perfect wedding venue.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Ben Lesser first spoke to SFC 5th graders, then middle and high school students during Santa Fe Christian’s recent chapel, and returned the next day to speak to their parents.
    Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Just two hours north of London, but what feels like an entire world away, the region is best known for its vast, dune-like beaches, crumbling medieval abbeys, and grande dame stately homes.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • For all the shortcomings in this nationwide effort, most Germans today set an example of remorse that shames Turkish nationalist leaders equivocating about the Armenian genocide, or rightist Japanese politicians visiting the Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo that honors Class A war criminals.
    Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Villagers plundered the shrine and sold the bronzes to antiquities dealers like Robert Hecht, who faced allegations of smuggling before his death in 2012.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The declining fortunes of the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft raise additional questions about a NASA program to develop these kinds of low-cost missions.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But the Voyager mission team left the others turned on to collect data about the heliosphere, as well as interstellar space.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Also opening this year is the Oberoi Rajgarh Palace, Khajuraho, a 200-year-old historic Maharaja’s palace adjacent to Panna National Park and Tiger Reserve, and also very close to the iconic Khajuraho temples, a UNESCO World Heritage site with a large array of 1100 year old monuments.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The quarrel swiftly escalated when Perez allegedly struck her twice on the left side of her temple and pulled her hair.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But hidden dangers lurk in each of these sanctuaries — treacherous storms, slippery rock faces and swift river currents all lie in wait for the unwitting, unprepared or unlucky explorer.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Start your morning with a meditative flute accompanied by a magenta sunrise, or experience the peaceful sounds of a bird sanctuary while a yellow sunrise gently shines on your face.
    Jennifer Adams, StyleCaster, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Minster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minster. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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