religious retreat

collocation in English

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religious
adjective
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/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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retreat
noun
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/rɪˈtriːt/us
/rɪˈtriːt/
a move back by soldiers or an army, either because they have been defeated or in order to ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandretreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The format involves a number of individuals, who are not necessarily religious, spending a period of time in a place ofreligiousretreat.
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It adapted the mansion as areligiousretreatcenter.
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The two had first met at areligiousretreatin 1969.
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The main building is of amazing strength and appears to have been intended to combine a fortress with areligiousretreat.
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Five years later, a bunch of kids are sent to the ex-nudist colony, which has now been transformed into areligiousretreat.
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Morgan, meanwhile, exiled himself to areligiousretreat.
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The hall and lake became areligiousretreatin the 1920s, while the hotel and a large part of the park later became a golf course.
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There is growth in the numbers of people going on religious retreats.
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These service programs are complemented by a series of religious retreats.
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Many orders take on external works such as service to the poor, giving religious retreats, or other active ministries within their immediate communities.
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Today the camp runs four 12-day sessions for city children in the summer, and religious retreats year-round.
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This was used for quiet religious retreats.
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