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nunnery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | convent |
Examples of nunnery
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Teasing from her older siblings, however, discouraged her from pursuing nunnery.
From the timesunion.com
It's like Madonna entering a nunnery, Roger Clemens teaching sportsmanship, etc.
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She is willing to go into a nunnery, but he won't lose his valuable trump card.
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During Soviet times the fortress and the former nunnery were used as a museum.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Another daughter, Amicia, founded the nunnery at Montargis and died there in 1252.
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The Tibetan settlement consists of nine camps with two monasteries and one nunnery.
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For some time before this, Ruthin had been the home of a nunnery and a prior.
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For a moment we considered abandoning our walk to the 13,500ft Kila Goemba nunnery.
From the express.co.uk
The Mamae nunnery has a history of showing fierce loyalty to the Dalai Lama.
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- The convent of a community of nuns
- The Nunnery is an estate outside Douglas on the Isle of Man, named after a religious foundation on the site, at .
- A place of residence for nuns; (obsolete) a brothel
- (n.) a jocular name for the all-female section of Barrows dormitory, located on the southern wing of the ground floor, or (perhaps more generally) in other dormitories, such as Dascomb Hall, in which certain sections are set aside for female students only; presumably an allusion to Hamlet III.i. ...
- The fourth floor of Allen Hall; once again, all girls known to be prudes.
- A collection of buildings for women who have devoted themselves to a religious life (nuns).
- An establishment of nuns
