Thesaurus results for HERMITAGES

hermitages

noun

plural of hermitage

as in hideouts

a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others the artist's desert hermitage was a small adobe house at the end of a long dusty road

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as in monasteries

a residence for men under religious vows monks in that hermitage take a vow of silence

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Recent Examples of hermitages The relief was originally stolen in 2010 as part of a coordinated robbery of six hermitages, two churches, and the monastery in Navarre. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 On the moors, cliffs, and hills there are wind farms; oil terminals; small farms, some of which have been there for many centuries; ruined medieval churches and hermitages; and prehistoric settlements, tombs, and monuments. — Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026

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Others recounted people falling sick, being beaten by the rain, and told to hide whenever Nigerian military helicopters flew over the forest hideouts where the captors held them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Security forces carried out a ground operation along the border late Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.

— Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

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Decades of political repression followed, including the demolition of some Buddhist monasteries and the suppression of all forms of political or cultural expression outside Communist Party control.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
The route passes through Sherpa villages and Buddhist monasteries before reaching the base of the world’s tallest mountain, according to the Nepal Tourism Board.

— Ashley Lynch July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of monasteries

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Just over the bridge, on neighboring Paradise Island, check out the Augustinian cloisters at Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort.

— Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Several portraits in medallions high on the walls of the cloisters show decapitated Dominican Friars who worked as inquisitors with just a stump for a neck and their heads held in their hands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

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