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nunnery

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as in convent

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Recent Examples of nunnery This former nunnery next to Palazzo Borghese and once part of a mansion owned by the family, has been turned into an 18-room hideaway, with a restoration that took three-and-a-half years. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 The property was once a 19th-century Catholic school and church campus, complete with a rectory and nunnery, and each room has a rotary phone and other touches of the not-so-distant past. — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026 The Dalai Lama encouraged these organizations to help build nunneries, empower existing nuns and support their further education. — Darcie Price-Wallace, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025 At the heart of the story is Daniel (Josh O’Connor), a cybersecurity whistleblower, and his girlfriend, Jane (Eve Hewson), a former novice in a nunnery. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for nunnery

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The fair's conferences were held at the Art Institute, and on the current site of La Rabida Hospital was a recreation of the La Rabida convent in Spain, where Columbus plotted his voyages.

— Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 27 June 2026
Today, the convent is a museum with exhibits on local history that’s sometimes used for wedding banquets and special events.

— Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

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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

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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

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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

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