Meaning & use
Nunnery
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A building or community in which nuns live under religious vows.
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The young woman entered a nunnery after deciding to devote her life to prayer.
The ruins of the medieval nunnery still stand on the hillside.
A note on using this word
Once common in everyday English, the word has become somewhat literary or historical, with 'convent' now more frequently used.
Words with a similar meaning
convent
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