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nunnery

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nun·ner·y  (nn-r)
n. pl. nun·ner·ies
A convent of nuns.
nunnery [ˈnʌnərɪ]
n pl -neries
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the convent or religious house of a community of nuns
Nunnery a community of nuns; a convent, 1275.
Examples: nunnery of eyes, 1651; of lively black-ey’d vestals, 1715.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nunnerynunnery - the convent of a community of nuns  
convent - a religious residence especially for nuns
nunnery
noun convent, house, abbey, monastery, cloister In monasteries and nunneries, prayers are being offered for him.
Quotations
"Get thee to a nunnery" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]
Translations
nunnery [ˈnʌnərɪ] N → convento m de monjas
nunnery [ˈnʌnəri] n → couvent m
nunnery
n (old) → (Nonnen)kloster nt
nunnery [ˈnʌnərɪ] n → convento
nunnery [ˈnʌnərɪ] n → convento


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Thus it came that, on the morning of the fourth day, he called Little John to him, and told him that he could not shake the fever from him, and that he would go to his cousin, the prioress of the nunnery near Kirklees, in Yorkshire, who was a skillful leech, and he would have her open a vein in his arm and take a little blood from him, for the bettering of his health.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
He pointed with a smile to a turreted nunnery, and his eyes narrowed and gleamed.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
It was originally a nunnery, founded by Queen Bertha, but done away with by King Penda, the reactionary to Paganism after St.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
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