Nunnery — Nun ner*y, n.; pl. {Nunneries}. [OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See {Nun}.] A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See {Cloister}, and {Convent} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nunnery — (n.) late 13c., nunhood, from NUN (Cf. nun) + ERY (Cf. ery). Meaning convent of nuns is from c.1300. Meaning house of ill fame is attested by 1590s … Etymology dictionary
nunnery — *cloister, monastery, convent, abbey, priory … New Dictionary of Synonyms
nunnery — [n] convent abbey, cloister, monastery, priory, religious community, retreat; concepts 368,516 … New thesaurus
nunnery — ► NOUN (pl. nunneries) ▪ a religious house of nuns … English terms dictionary
nunnery — [nun′ər ē] n. pl. nunneries [ME nonnerie: see NUN1 & ERY] former term for CONVENT SYN. CLOISTER … English World dictionary
Nunnery — Recorded as Nunney, Nunnery and Nunnerley, this is an English medieval surname. It is locational for someone who lived at a place called Nunney in Somerset or Nunnerley in Sussex and Cumberland, the latter two being lost or at least diminished… … Surnames reference
nunnery — UK [ˈnʌnərɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms nunnery : singular nunnery plural nunneries mainly literary a convent … English dictionary
nunnery — noun a place of residence for nuns Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? … Wiktionary
nunnery — [[t]nʌ̱nəri[/t]] nunneries N COUNT A nunnery is a group of buildings in which a community of nuns live together. [OLD FASHIONED] Syn: convent … English dictionary
