All 8 Uses of
monastery
in
War and Peace
- In the parqueted dining room this small house, remarkable for its extreme cleanliness (suggesting that of a monastery), Prince Andrew, who was rather late, found the friendly gathering of Speranski's intimate acquaintances already assembled at five o'clock.†
Chpt 6
- "But a large number of monasteries and churches is always a sign of the backwardness of a people," said Napoleon, turning to Caulaincourt for appreciation of this remark.†
Chpt 9
- "I beg your Majesty's pardon," returned Balashev, "besides Russia there is Spain, where there are also many churches and monasteries."†
Chpt 9 *
- Far in the distance in that birch and fir forest to the right of the road, the cross and belfry of the Kolocha Monastery gleamed in the sun.†
Chpt 10
- At the Troitsa monastery the Rostovs first broke their journey for a whole day.†
Chpt 12
- Three large rooms were assigned to them in the monastery hostelry, one of which was occupied by Prince Andrew.†
Chpt 12
- In the next room sat the count and countess respectfully conversing with the prior, who was calling on them as old acquaintances and benefactors of the monastery.†
Chpt 12
- At the Troitsa monastery they had spoken of the past, and he had told her that if he lived he would always thank God for his wound which had brought them together again, but after that they never spoke of the future.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(monastery) the residence of a religious community