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Nunnery definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUN'NERY, n. A house in which nuns reside; a cloister in which females under a vow of chastity and devoted to religion, reside during life.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the convent of a community of nuns

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -neries) Date: 14th century a convent of nuns

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) a religious house of nuns; a convent.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nunnery Nun"ner*y, n.; pl. Nunneries. [OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See Nun.] A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(nunneries) A nunnery is a group of buildings in which a community of nuns live together. (OLD-FASHIONED) = convent N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Convent, cloister, abbey, monastery.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A bawdy house.