Nunnery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A convent of nuns.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a place of residence for nuns; a convent
  • n. (obsolete) a brothel
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See cloister, and convent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A convent or cloister for the exclusive use of nuns.
  • Nuns collectively, or the institution or system of conventual life for women.
  • A name sometimes given to the triforium of a medieval church, since in some churches this gallery was set apart for the use of nuns attending them.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the convent of a community of nuns
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    convent    monastery   
    Cross Reference
    nun    convent    cloister    abbess   
    Variant
    cloister    convent   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    convent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gunnery   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    priory    convent    monasticism    abbey    oblate    schloss    Augustinian    hermitage    racecourse