nunneries
- plural of nunnery.
Example Sentences
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They have blazed a path of progress in recent decades for Buddhist women — from education through advanced degrees and the creation of nunneries to seeking full ordination.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
A group of crows is a murder; pandas, an embarrassment; nuns, a superfluity — a term that dates to the Middle Ages, when nunneries were overcrowded, lice-ridden and destitute.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
In places where touch is expressly forbidden – schools, nunneries, consulting rooms – any brushing of skin speaks volumes.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2020
Alison Brie: Yes, and we read books on nuns and nunneries and medieval times to prepare for this film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2017
“The Security of the Holy Spirit—they guard nunneries and monasteries and that….So we can’t go in that way.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
