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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

Thomas Nelson Publishers of Nashville, Tenn., a religious house, agreed to produce the million copies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sem′i-frā′ter, a secular benefactor of a religious house, having a share in its intercessory prayers and masses.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various