ashram

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Recent Examples of ashram His Dera Sacha Sauda group has ashrams – places of worship – across 10 states and union territories in India, and claims to have 60 million followers worldwide. Manveena Suri, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023 While finishing his three-year degree, Mr. Shetty split his time off between interning at finance firms in London and training at an ashram in Mumbai under Gauranga Das. Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023 But after six weeks at the ashram the spaces between my thoughts did grow wider. Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2021 Current Town: Aubrey Jonathon Thunderwood and his wife, Triptta, live in a religious community called an ashram that is dedicated to lifelong learning, spiritual awakening and community service. Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2022 See all Example Sentences for ashram 
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Noun
  • Even my hotel, Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp, a 13th-century monastery turned five-star stunner, boasts its own legends: Its subterranean tunnels, now housing a wine cellar, were rumored to scurry away monks’ lovers.
    Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Finish the trip in Paro with a four-hour trek to the famous Tiger’s Nest, a stunning monastery hugging a dramatic cliffside at almost 10,000 feet above sea level.
    Mark Lakin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
  • During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The Princess of Wales also sent the Scouts home from the fourth iteration of her Together at Christmas carol service home with a little something special — Christmas trees that were brought in to decorate the ancient abbey.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The abbey's cellars, known as 'crayères,' are ancient chalk quarries dating back to the Gallo-Roman era.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Feral cats usually try to stay away from houses and people, and often have an ear tip to shows that they've been neutered and returned.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In April 2023, a six-person cohort gathered at Laverty’s house in West London armed with ingredients, and began cooking different recipes out of Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa: How Easy Is That?
    Andrew Zucker, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2024
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  • An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site Archaeologists digging through a field in Lincolnshire, England, may have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of a much more ancient henge.
    Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.
    Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024

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“Ashram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashram. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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