14
nunnery(noun, order, building, refuge, church)
12
convent(noun, order, building, refuge, church)
11
cloister(noun, place, building, refuge, church)
11
monastery(noun, order, place, building, refuge)
10
priory(noun, order, building, refuge, church)
8
friary(noun, order, building, church, temple)
7
church(noun, building, sanctuary, institution, shrine)
5
temple(noun, building, sanctuary, church, shrine)
5
retreat(noun, order, refuge, hideaway, monastery)
3
abbacy
3
chapel(noun, building, sanctuary, shrine, temple)
3
hermitage(noun, order, hideaway, monastery, cloister)
3
synagogue(noun, building, sanctuary, church, shrine)
2
archbishop(noun, divine, cardinal, minister, father)
2
cathedral(noun, building, sanctuary, church, shrine)
2
house(noun, order, monastery, cloister, nunnery)
2
kibbutz
2
minster(noun, building, sanctuary, shrine, temple)
2
mosque(noun, building, sanctuary, shrine, temple)
2
shrine(noun, building, sanctuary)
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