ashram

noun

Definition of ashramnext
as in monastery

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Recent Examples of ashram Many of India’s ashrams, clinics, and retreats offer strict fasts (separately from panchakarma programs) alongside spiritual guidance. — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2026 Paul McCartney’s then-girlfriend Jane Asher and the other Beatles’ wives were also at the ashram, along with Mia Farrow and her sister Prudence. — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026 This part of the Indian Himalayas is especially important for pilgrims seeking spiritual retreats, most famously at the Kainchi Dham ashram, where Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg spent time. — Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 In 1980, after meeting the yogi Swami Muktananda at an ashram in the Catskills, Rashad began practicing Siddha yoga, which trains its followers to recognize the divinity in themselves and the surrounding world. — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ashram
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashram
  1. monastery
  2. lamasery
  3. cloister
  4. abbey
  5. house
  6. hermitage
Noun
  • The high jewelry collection was presented inside a 12th-century church on San Clemente Island, a secluded island in the Venetian lagoon that once served as a monastery and later an asylum before becoming home to a luxury hotel.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Smoke and fire rise from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery following a Russian missile strike this month.
    — Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of monastery
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  • 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
Definition of lamasery
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  • The cathedral, its peaceful cloister, and its ornate crypt are also worth a visit.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2026
  • In Rome, Le Graal will open the city’s first private members’ club of its kind inside Palazzo Medici Clarelli on the historic Via Giulia, with 11 rooms and suites, two restaurants, a cloister lounge, American bar, speakeasy, cigar room, wine cellar, gym, and treatment rooms.
    — Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 21 June 2026
Definition of cloister
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  • To reach the abbey, visitors must climb the town’s famous 199 steps that rise along the cliff.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
  • Unfortunately, the abbey fell into a state of disrepair for many years until Philippe Pascal and his family acquired the property in 2004 and upgraded not just the estate but the entire region’s standing.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
Definition of abbey
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  • Now that Love's eight children are all grown up and out of the house, the family has opted to sell the home and look for something smaller near Lake Tahoe, according to the listing agency.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Plaintiffs have used internal documents from the companies to allege that, in house, people have long recognized a correlation between NEC and the use of preterm formulas made from cow’s milk.
    — David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • These people would then come to your hermitage to suggest an alternative.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
  • On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments.
    — Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of hermitage

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