ashram

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Recent Examples of ashram His group has ashrams across 10 states and union territories in India and claims to have 60 million followers worldwide. Rhea Mogul, CNN, 12 July 2024 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for ashram
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Noun
  • The textiles are handwoven in a former monastery in Segovia, about 60 miles north of the city.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Quiet fills the air at Le Monastère des Augustines, a former monastery in Old Quebec that was converted in 2015 to a nonprofit wellness hotel.
    Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The TikTok post then pivots to Kate's curtsy to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during her wedding to Prince William in April 2011, again at the abbey followed by Kate and Meghan curtsying to the queen at Sandringham on Christmas Day in 2018.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Andre sourced a 330-year-old stone fireplace from France, which was originally from an abbey that was destroyed during the war.
    Terry Elward, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Plus, there’s a two-level guest house with its own kitchen and living area.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
  • How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The life that Iyer brings to the hermitage has troubles, too.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2025
  • 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 20 Apr. 2025.

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