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religious house

American  

noun

  1. a convent or monastery.


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What was it like being raised in a devoutly religious house?

From The Guardian Oct. 6, 2019

The Monastery: Mr Vig and the NunAn award winning Danish documentary about an eccentric millionaire looking to establish a religious house in his castle.

From The Guardian Apr. 25, 2013

"There is a great amount of grief that a religious house of worship is being destroyed," said Amardeep Singh, director of programs at the National Sikh Coalition, a civil-rights organization.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2010

But a church, mosque or synagogue gives prayer scale, grace and a heightened sense of spirituality because of the aura of sacred ritual deemed appropriate within the religious house.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sumptuously rebuilt by Carlos V., it was a religious house of great wealth during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

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