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religious house

noun

a convent or monastery.

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Nearby words

  1. religion, freedom of,
  2. religionism,
  3. religiose,
  4. religiosity,
  5. religious,
  6. religious order,
  7. religious right,
  8. religiously,
  9. relinquish,
  10. reliquary
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