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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

There is a convent near Brisbane, Australia, where the nuns serve visitors a specialty of their religious house: confiture of prickly pear.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only religious house near, either, is that upon the hill two miles farther down.

From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)