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monastery

[mon-uh-ster-ee] / ˈmɒn əˌstɛr i /


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Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Some of the buildings at the Thahtay Kyaung monastery, where saffron-clad monks cleared rubble from the wreckage by hand in the days after the quake, have been razed.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Lviv regional head Maksym Kozytskyi said the Bernardine monastery, a 16th-Century Unesco site, was damaged.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Mirr declined to comment on the buyer’s identity but did confirm that the person plans to use the former monastery as a home.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

"Listen. What's the routine on joining a monastery?"

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger