Example sentences for: monastery

How can you use “monastery” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The monastery is a popular place with inexpensive accommodations, especially for hikers.

  • A short walk west along the waterfront brings you to the remains of the Dominican Monastery of Áyios Pétros (St. Peter), which is in the process of renovation, and beyond that is the Historical Museum of Crete, housed in a remarkable building — part Venetian mansion and part modern glass edifice.

  • Constantinople was taken by Crusader forces in 1204, and they stripped the city of manyof its finest treasures — which now grace the public buildings of Venice — although a large consignment of books and manuscripts was transferred to the monastery at Patmos before the city fell.

  • Kenchoji is still an active monastery; like many of the temples in Kamakura, it offers visitors the opportunity to take part in Zen meditation training sessions.

  • This he called Guadeloupe after a monastery in Spain.


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