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A recent renovation has left the space airy and monasterial, revealing 16th-century frescoes on the ceilings.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2018

What a palatial kitchen and more than monasterial refectory!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various

The mission-houses were in the monasterial style, many of them on a grand scale—mansions in fact, with roomy refectories, and kitchens to correspond; snug sitting and sleeping-chambers; well-paved courts and spacious gardens attached.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne

Roderick went off alone, and his companion after a while bent his steps to the monasterial church.

From Roderick Hudson by James, Henry

In 1860 he was appointed librarian to the Duke of Ratibor at the monasterial castle of Corvey near H�xter on the Weser, where he died on the 19th of January 1874.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various