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Highlights of Smith’s career in the ‘90s include Sister Act, as the disapproving Mother Superior who becomes an unlikely ally to Whoopi Goldberg’s Reno lounge singer while she is being sheltered in a convent from her mobster boyfriend.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Accommodations—such as Torre del Marqués and El Convent 1613—are impressive farmhouses, charming little villas, and convents converted into hideaways.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
This is the story of what happened in Loudun, France, in 1632, when an entire convent of nuns was found to be possessed by demons.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Spain And Its Paradores Like many European countries, Spain is rich in historic buildings of all sorts, monasteries, convents, palaces, castles and so on, and over the years many of them fell into disrepair.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
Accommodations—such as Torre del Marqués and El Convent 1613—are impressive farmhouses, charming little villas, and convents converted into hideaways.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
This is the story of what happened in Loudun, France, in 1632, when an entire convent of nuns was found to be possessed by demons.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Spain And Its Paradores Like many European countries, Spain is rich in historic buildings of all sorts, monasteries, convents, palaces, castles and so on, and over the years many of them fell into disrepair.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Nothing could be further from the truth, which explains why Azerbaijan continues to destroy Armenian cultural and historic sites, including churches and monasteries, which have stood for hundreds of years in attempt to erase any traces of Armenian existence in the region.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The action hops from the streets of London to a monastery outside Ankara to Kraven’s Siberian taiga hideout, where Calypso puts her summer camp archery skills to good use with a crossbow.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
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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
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Charlotte agrees to lead an art workshop at the priory if Graham will escort her to holiday locations around London for her new illustration job.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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By 1891, Pope Leo XIII raised the status of the priory to the rank of abbey.Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convent. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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