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monastery

[mon-uh-ster-ee] / ˈmɒn əˌstɛr i /


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Where dinosaur tracks coexist beside spooky rows of barracks left from a 16th-century monastery, there’s a spectacular view of coastline all the way back to the white spires of Lisbon.

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

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

At this site, about one third of individuals buried in lower status areas had tuberculosis, compared with 12% of those buried in the monastery or church.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

If I were to have my time again, the old King thought, I would bury myself in a monastery, for fear of a Doing which might lead to woe.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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