Nunnery
A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.
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Nunnery Quotations
A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the Congregational Nunnery, or Sisters of Charity, as they are sometimes called.
Maria Monk
Some of the priests from the Seminary were in the nunnery every day and night, and often several at a time.
Maria Monk
The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery.
Maria Monk
Nunnery Translations
nunnery in German is Nonnenkloster, Frauenkloster, Nonnenkloster
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