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nunnery

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1. nunnery - Noun

2. Nunnery - Proper noun

Meaning

A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Get thee to a nunnery. William Shakespeare

The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery. Maria Monk

Some of the priests from the Seminary were in the nunnery every day and night, and often several at a time. Maria Monk

He learned the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery, And how to scale a fortress - or a nunnery. Lord Byron

Every set is a man's world. Even on 'The L Word,' the crew was primarily men. The whole world is a man's world, unless you're in a nunnery. And even that is colored by what you're allowed, what doctrine you're allowed to practice. Jennifer Beals

A year later Jarrow, the monastery where Bede wrote, was attacked; in 795 Iona; and in 804 the nunnery at Lyminge Kent was granted refuge inside the walls of Canterbury. Source: Internet

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