18
priory(noun, order, place, refuge, temple)
16
abbey(noun, order, place, building, refuge)
15
cloister(noun, place, refuge, hideaway, temple)
11
convent(noun, order, community, refuge, temple)
10
nunnery(noun, order, refuge, temple, cloister)
7
friary(noun, order, place, community, temple)
5
house(noun, order, place, community, lodging)
5
temple
4
retreat(noun, order, refuge, hideaway, abbey)
4
church
4
hermitage(noun, order, hideaway, cloister, abbey)
3
almonry(noun, place, house, lodging)
3
meetinghouse(noun, place, house, lodging, almonry)
2
lamasery(noun, order, place, cloister, abbey)
2
monkery
2
mosque
2
synagogue
2
tabernacle
1
shrine
1
abbatial
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