nunnery

[ nuhn-uh-ree ]

/ ˈnʌn ə ri /

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noun, plural nun·ner·ies.

a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.

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Origin of nunnery

First recorded in 1225–75, nunnery is from the Middle English word nonnerie.See nun¹, -ery

Words nearby nunnery

Nuneaton, nunhood, Nunivak, Nunn, nunnation, nunnery, nunny bag, Nun River, nun's cloth, nun's fiddle, nun's veiling

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How to use nunnery in a sentence

In March of 2017, with much fanfare and the Karmapa presiding, 19 women received novice monastic vows from a group of five fully ordained nuns from Nan Lin Vinaya Nunnery in Taiwan.
Buddhist Nuns And Female Scholars Are Gaining New Leadership Roles, In A Tradition That Began With The Ordination Of Buddha’s Foster Mother|LGBTQ-Editor|December 9, 2021|No Straight News
Yes, the capricious, man-eating screen siren has, quite literally, gotten thee to a nunnery.
The 10 Unlikeliest Movie Jobs|Marlow Stern|November 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I shall get the place full of a jolly lot of girls, and Wendover Park won't be no mouldy church, nor no bloomin' nunnery.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking
Another cause of its unfavourable reception seems to have been, its second title of "Love in a Nunnery."
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18)|John Dryden

Oh, restore to me my maiden quietude, in my nunnery of Subiaco—when the night was so calm in my cell.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas
As its unearthly glow irradiated the world around him, reversing its light and shade, the visions of the nunnery recurred.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
The child was then to be conveyed to the nunnery, her husband being deluded into the belief that she had miscarried.
The Mysteries of Montreal|Charlotte Fuhrer

British Dictionary definitions for nunnery

nunnery

/ (ˈnʌnərɪ) /

noun plural -neries

the convent or religious house of a community of nuns

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