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Recent Examples of nunnery
All four women are virgins and have joked about calling their home the nunnery.
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Skye Battles,
Wired News,
17 Apr. 2026
The property was once a 19th-century Catholic school and church campus, complete with a rectory and nunnery, and each room has a rotary phone and other touches of the not-so-distant past.
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Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
Monasteries and nunneries have long been oases of quiet contemplation in a world overrun by distractions.
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Avedis Hadjian,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Jan. 2026
The Dalai Lama encouraged these organizations to help build nunneries, empower existing nuns and support their further education.
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Darcie Price-Wallace,
The Conversation,
26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nunnery
Skye Battles,
Wired News,
17 Apr. 2026
The property was once a 19th-century Catholic school and church campus, complete with a rectory and nunnery, and each room has a rotary phone and other touches of the not-so-distant past.
—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
Monasteries and nunneries have long been oases of quiet contemplation in a world overrun by distractions.
—
Avedis Hadjian,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Jan. 2026
The Dalai Lama encouraged these organizations to help build nunneries, empower existing nuns and support their further education.
—
Darcie Price-Wallace,
The Conversation,
26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nunnery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nunnery
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The fair's conferences were held at the Art Institute, and on the current site of La Rabida Hospital was a recreation of the La Rabida convent in Spain, where Columbus plotted his voyages.
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Today, the convent is a museum with exhibits on local history that’s sometimes used for wedding banquets and special events.
Noun
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The high jewelry collection was presented inside a 12th-century church on San Clemente Island, a secluded island in the Venetian lagoon that once served as a monastery and later an asylum before becoming home to a luxury hotel.
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Smoke and fire rise from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery following a Russian missile strike this month.
Noun
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The cathedral, its peaceful cloister, and its ornate crypt are also worth a visit.
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In Rome, Le Graal will open the city’s first private members’ club of its kind inside Palazzo Medici Clarelli on the historic Via Giulia, with 11 rooms and suites, two restaurants, a cloister lounge, American bar, speakeasy, cigar room, wine cellar, gym, and treatment rooms.
Noun
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To reach the abbey, visitors must climb the town’s famous 199 steps that rise along the cliff.
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Unfortunately, the abbey fell into a state of disrepair for many years until Philippe Pascal and his family acquired the property in 2004 and upgraded not just the estate but the entire region’s standing.
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“Nunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nunnery. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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