Definitions
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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01“Convent community”7 letters
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