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Word entry · 7 letters

nunnery

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"Convent community"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/Part of speech nounSorted ennnruyStarts with NEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the convent of a community of nuns

Word origin

From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery.

Used in a sentence

  • Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?
  • [To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...
  • To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.

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