What does nunnery mean?
Nunnery means Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof..
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/ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/ · noun
Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof..
[To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...
To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.
Use nunnery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nunnery means Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof..
Common synonyms include convent, ribat, brothel.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...
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