monastery
noun
mon·as·tery
ˈmä-nə-ˌster-ē 
plural monasteries
: a house for persons under religious vows
especially
: an establishment for monks
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Gregory Mendel worked out his concepts of genetics by doing breeding experiments using pea plants in the monastery's garden.
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For more than three decades, Iyer, an essayist and a novelist, has spent several weeks a year at a silent retreat in a monastery in Big Sur, California.
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The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
But early construction revealed a network of tunnels that were part of an ancient monastery complex.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Regarding interiors, the sets required sourcing Biedermeier furniture, and replicating existing frescoes from monasteries in Moldova.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
There is a museum dedicated to intricate yak butter sculptures of Buddhist deities in dazzling colors, and along the monastery’s periphery, worshippers walk the inner kora—the world’s longest path of prayer wheels at 3.5 kilometers.
—Liam Freeman, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
But early construction revealed a network of tunnels that were part of an ancient monastery complex.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Regarding interiors, the sets required sourcing Biedermeier furniture, and replicating existing frescoes from monasteries in Moldova.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
There is a museum dedicated to intricate yak butter sculptures of Buddhist deities in dazzling colors, and along the monastery’s periphery, worshippers walk the inner kora—the world’s longest path of prayer wheels at 3.5 kilometers.
—Liam Freeman, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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monastery
noun
mon·as·tery
ˈmän-ə-ˌster-ē
plural monasteries
: a place where a community of monks or nuns live and work
monasterial
adjective
ˌmän-ə-ˈstir-ē-əl
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