Meanings of many monasteries in English

The cultivation of the vine was carried on in many monasteries.

There are many monasteries and nunneries in the upper Brahmaputra valley.

For a culture fix, hang out with monks at one of the many monasteries.

In Julianshaab, one may to-day see the ruins of eight churches and of many monasteries.

The second, even if they have many monasteries, to have but few friars in each.

The most outstanding evidence of devotion are the many monasteries which dot the land in all Buddhist countries.

This drew great multitudes to him, and he erected many monasteries in Syria, and trained up holy solitaries.

This decree gave back to the Catholic Church two archbishoprics, twelve bishoprics, besides many monasteries and other ecclesiastical property.

There is also chance to visit the best of Bulgaria's many monasteries, the Rila, founded in the 10th century, with some intricate and colourful frescoes.

The edifices which he caused to be raised throughout his dominions included massive fortifications on the exposed frontiers, splendid palaces, and many monasteries and churches.

From this place they travelled southeast, passing by a succession of very many monasteries, with a multitude of monks, who might be counted by myriads.

Many monasteries were robbed, many clerical persons maimed and maltreated.

Many monasteries and churches were plundered, and several of the nobles were put to death.

Many monasteries were founded which became, as it were, the lighthouses of learning and religion.

Many monasteries remained until the end homes of zeal and religion, and the unscrupulous tools of Henry VIII.

Many monasteries established before the Conquest came under its sway, and were, centuries later, after the Dissolution, converted into cathedral churches.