What does nunnery mean?

Definitions for nunnery
ˈnʌn ə rinun·ne·ry

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word nunnery.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. nunnerynoun

    the convent of a community of nuns

Wiktionary

  1. nunnerynoun

    a place of residence for nuns

  2. nunnerynoun

    a brothel

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Nunnerynoun

    A house of nuns; of women under a vow of chastity, dedicated to the severer duties of religion.

    Etymology: from nun.

    I put your sister into a nunnery, with a strict command not to see you, for fear you should have wrought upon her to have taken the habit. John Dryden, Spanish Friar.

Wikipedia

  1. nunnery

    A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, convent means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican Communion.

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  1. nunnery

    A nunnery is a place where nuns live and work, also known as a convent or monastery. It is a religious community for women, providing a space for them to devote their lives to prayer, service, and contemplation, abiding by the rules and customs of their specific religious order.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nunnerynoun

    a house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent

  2. Etymology: [OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See Nun.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. NUNNERY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nunnery is ranked #11368 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Nunnery surname appeared 2,775 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Nunnery.

    68% or 1,888 total occurrences were White.
    26.9% or 747 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 67 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 54 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.4% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.2% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nunnery in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nunnery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of nunnery in a Sentence

  1. William Shakespeare:

    Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go.

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