EGAVE

nunnery

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof. The residence of a female religious community, a monastery or abbey for nuns.
  2. noun The residence of a female religious community, a monastery or abbey for nuns.
  3. noun Synonym of brothel.

Similar words

convent monastery nun abbey club nunhood nunship abbess sister domina

Often followed by

of at in and was scene to is for

Word family

nunneries

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