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monastery

[mon-uh-ster-ee] / ˈmɒn əˌstɛr i /


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Even at the New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Benedictine monastery above Lucia, the road’s reopening and coming summer season have made a difference.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

He reputedly then moved into a monastery for three months to recharge, taking only books and living without a phone or access to the internet.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The American historian then announces that she has found the prized volume languishing in a monastery archive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

When he had washed, William sat beside Jacob and Jeanne on the bank and told them of his expulsion from the monastery of Saint-Martin—“You broke a stone bench with your bare hands?”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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