nunnery
About 0.38 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof. The residence of a female religious community, a monastery or abbey for nuns.
- noun The residence of a female religious community, a monastery or abbey for nuns.
- noun Synonym of brothel.
Similar words
convent monastery nun abbey club nunhood nunship abbess sister domina
Often followed by
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Word family
nunneries
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