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Meanings of
nunnery
in inglês
The habitation and workplace of a community of monks or nuns.
abbey
monastery
A convent for women.
convent
Usage of
nunnery
in inglês
1
Anies should have been delivered into a cloistered
nunnery
thirty years ago.
2
He was standing in front of the
nunnery
ready to go home.
3
The nucleus of the
nunnery
was a private house called Beauchamp House.
4
Her best move would be to follow the sister-in-law into a
nunnery
.
5
Just as they passed the
nunnery
the huge hundred-ton bell rang out.
6
He said you were like a sorceress brought up in a
nunnery
.
7
I remember a gaunt
nunnery
and two-gray-robed sisters clanging shut the gates.
8
You should give me a
nunnery
,
I want to found an order!
9
Since the day she entered the
nunnery
,
she was never seen again.
10
His manner was curt enough to please the superioress of a
nunnery
.
11
She afterwards founded the
nunnery
of Wimborne, of which she became abbess.
12
Zuleika, with her peculiar temperament, would have gone mad in a
nunnery
.
13
Nothing at all is left of the famous
nunnery
of St Mary.
14
He built a
nunnery
which was headed by his daughter as prioress.
15
Did she retire from the world, and find refuge in a
nunnery
?
16
In its ambience it is closer to a bordello than a
nunnery
.
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nunnery
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
enter a nunnery
little nunnery
famous nunnery
great nunnery
leave the nunnery
More collocations
Nunnery
through the time
Nunnery
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common