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The History of Traditional Sitting Rooms The concept of a formal sitting room dates all the way back to medieval monasteries, where monks used these spaces to conduct business with visitors and laypeople.
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Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
The friars who live on site, along with the affiliated Augustinian Villanova University in Pennsylvania, submitted a request to meet the defense minister at the monastery to present an alternative plan, which would include a community center for Florentines.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Since taking over the territory, Azerbaijan has embarked on an ongoing campaign of cultural erasure of Armenian churches, monasteries, khachkars (cross-stoned monuments), and other historical sites that have stood for thousands of years.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Founded in 1397 for hermit friars who had dedicated their life to St. Augustine, the monastery has been under the custodial care of the Augustinian order for centuries.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
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Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
The friars who live on site, along with the affiliated Augustinian Villanova University in Pennsylvania, submitted a request to meet the defense minister at the monastery to present an alternative plan, which would include a community center for Florentines.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Since taking over the territory, Azerbaijan has embarked on an ongoing campaign of cultural erasure of Armenian churches, monasteries, khachkars (cross-stoned monuments), and other historical sites that have stood for thousands of years.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Founded in 1397 for hermit friars who had dedicated their life to St. Augustine, the monastery has been under the custodial care of the Augustinian order for centuries.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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