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Recent Examples of monastery
Near the monastery someone shouting through a bullhorn.
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Chen Yuhong, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
The purchase included 3,700 acres of Colorado’s most prime land, senior water rights and several monastery buildings.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
Indu and Mahipal run a Hindu monastery, or ashram, in India called Hanslok that was founded by Mahipal’s father.
—Bernadette Toh, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
The backstory The building in which Splendido makes its fabulous home was first built in the 16th century as a Benedictine monastery.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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Chen Yuhong, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
The purchase included 3,700 acres of Colorado’s most prime land, senior water rights and several monastery buildings.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
Indu and Mahipal run a Hindu monastery, or ashram, in India called Hanslok that was founded by Mahipal’s father.
—Bernadette Toh, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
The backstory The building in which Splendido makes its fabulous home was first built in the 16th century as a Benedictine monastery.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monastery
Noun
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Today, visitors come to Museo di San Marco to see the frescoes and panels by Fra Angelico, as well as its courtyard, cloisters, palazzo, and garden.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Connolly was the floral artistic director for the Prince and Princess of Wales' April 2011 wedding day and brought in six field maples, two hornbeams and almost 30,000 flowers to decorate the abbey.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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