monastery
Example Sentences
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The total weirdness of this place at a Benedictine monastery is a real kick.
From Seattle Times
And a legal battle is raging to evict the church from its historic monastery headquarters in Kyiv, one of the holiest sites in the Orthodox Church.
From Reuters
The official added that the monastery was attacked in 1917 by “marauding Bulgarian guerilla forces” who sacked its library.
From New York Times
Some U.S. soldiers in Panmunjom liked to call themselves the “Merry Mad Monks of the DMZ” because serving in such an isolated, off-limits spot was like living in a monastery.
From New York Times
It had caught the government off-guard, but by late September the army was already using force extensively to crush the movement, raiding monasteries and beating dissident monks.
From BBC
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