Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.

    the convent of a community of nuns

  2. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.

    The residence of a female religious community, a monastery or abbey for nuns.

    Nonnenkloster

    же́нский монасты́рьžénskij monastýrʹ

  3. (humorous, obsolete, slang)Synonym of brothel.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Mary entered a nunnery.

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  2. Every nunnery has its own rules.

    ruКаждый женский монастырь имеет свои собственные правила.

    deJedes Frauenkloster hat seine eigenen Regeln.

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  3. Get thee to a nunnery.

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  4. Get thee to a nunnery!

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
residence for nuns:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
residence for nuns:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: nunneries
Singularnunnery
Pluralnunneries

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
residence of nuns:ribat

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nunnery — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto