convent
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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
The women find refuge in a convent and, ultimately, in a seaside town where some measure of peace awaits them.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
In Rome, they founded the convent of Santa Maria del Popolo at one of the city's main entrances, with trees and gardens nearby.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
El Pais daily reported that the Civil Guard had searched the convent "to clarify if the former nuns had irregularly sold pieces of sacred art".
From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025
Since Hamlet’s birth we have lived in a stone cottage near the convent gate.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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