lamasery

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Recent Examples of lamasery His sister is a smart square peg who took off running at the end of Season 3; in the new season, the family is trying to find her, a trip that takes them to a Tibetan lamasery, down South American rivers and onto a Japanese game show. Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
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Noun
  • Policeman turned preacher Reportedly born Narayan Sakar to a low-caste family, Bhole Baba used to be a constable with the Uttar Pradesh Police before becoming a preacher and establishing an ashram – or place of worship – in the state.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 12 July 2024
  • His group has ashrams across 10 states and union territories in India and claims to have 60 million followers worldwide.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 12 July 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And a clip of the momentous day went viral on TikTok after showing Charlotte watch George pass by, processing behind the king through the abbey.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Surrounding the abbey is a steep hillside village and a stone wall with turrets.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024

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“Lamasery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamasery. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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