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monastery

[mon-uh-ster-ee] / ˈmɒn əˌstɛr i /


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The artwork, of which five panels survive, was commissioned for the monastery of Santa Maria.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Funerals have been held for some of the 14 people killed in a landslide that hit a mountain monastery hosting an overnight prayer session in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Volunteers from Harani’s organization now escort nuns on a daily basis to and from a monastery on Mount Zion to their residence in the Old City.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Many exist only in manuscript form, languishing in the vaults of some library or monastery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

After we were fixed with beds in the high- ceilinged rooms of the partially restored Cistercian monastery, I began talking with some friends I had not seen since leaving the States.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

A fire that began Monday in Spain's northeastern Aragon region and has forced the evacuation of 850 people so far is threatening the two monasteries of San Juan de la Pena.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

He inherited great wealth from his father, and seized more from monasteries after breaking with the Catholic church, yet still ended up short on cash.

From Barron's Jan. 30, 2026

Later revivals identified by Mr. Roeck include the cultivation of ancient Greek learning in Europe’s far-flung medieval monasteries, and renewed attention to Roman poetry and history in Charlemagne’s ninth-century imperial court at Aachen.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

He said that in all the monasteries he had visited "no Buddhists regard these as corporeal relics".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2025

I began my recitation with the high spots—Thimphu, the capital; Mongar, a town in the east— and finished the cities before naming the monasteries.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson




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