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Recent Examples of ashram
Dlamini, 27, was born in Los Angeles and spent time as a child with her mother at an ashram led by jazz musician Alice Coltrane.
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Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
The Sullivanians adhered to the same principles and traditions as many of the ashrams and rural intentional communities of the era: polyamory, communal living, group parenting, socialist politics.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
His Dera Sacha Sauda group has ashrams – places of worship – across 10 states and union territories in India, and claims to have 60 million followers worldwide.
—Manveena Suri, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
While finishing his three-year degree, Mr. Shetty split his time off between interning at finance firms in London and training at an ashram in Mumbai under Gauranga Das.
—Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
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Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
The Sullivanians adhered to the same principles and traditions as many of the ashrams and rural intentional communities of the era: polyamory, communal living, group parenting, socialist politics.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
His Dera Sacha Sauda group has ashrams – places of worship – across 10 states and union territories in India, and claims to have 60 million followers worldwide.
—Manveena Suri, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
While finishing his three-year degree, Mr. Shetty split his time off between interning at finance firms in London and training at an ashram in Mumbai under Gauranga Das.
—Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashram
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Allied forces have taken Sicily and begun the treacherous push up Italy’s boot, but the advance has stalled near the Abbey of Monte Cassino, a historic monastery planted atop a rocky hill in the Apennine Mountains.—
Catherine Musemeche,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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Constructed initially just outside of Madrid in 1141, this monastery was occupied by Cistercian monks for almost 700 years before becoming storage and stables during the social revolution of the 1800s.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2025
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The wide open space of the glorious Sistine Chapel, wonderful ornate cloisters and marble staircases needed a flip side to them.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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Christian intellectuals increasingly accepted input from classical and contemporary non-Christian sources, particularly in emerging urban schools, which were beginning to replace monastic cloisters as centers of learning in Europe.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Nov. 2024
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Just two hours north of London, but what feels like an entire world away, the region is best known for its vast, dune-like beaches, crumbling medieval abbeys, and grande dame stately homes.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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Over the next few centuries, the abbey’s importance as a place of study and prayer, as well as its political and cultural significance, only grew.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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The crew shot on the beach, at the harbor, at the house and at Old Town in eight different looks.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
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Ten children grew up in this house with their cousins and relatives.—
Euan Ward,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Pico Iyer makes time for retreats at a Benedictine hermitage in California.—
Danny Heitman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Jan. 2025
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When Iyer’s wife accompanies him on a visit to the hermitage, the monks greet her warmly.—
Danny Heitman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Ashram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashram. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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