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nunnery

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as in convent

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Recent Examples of nunnery All four women are virgins and have joked about calling their home the 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

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The early-nineteenth-century town house, which Rauschenberg bought in 1965, once housed an orphanage and a convent.

— News Desk, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Situated within a former convent, this house in the center of Biarritz has three suites, a vaulted living room, a swimming pool, and even a home theater.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 31 July 2026

Definition of convent

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Eleven of the deceased victims were buried at the monastery; the remaining three were transported to their hometowns, Ababu said.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
The backstory Once a 14th-century Dominican monastery, this property transports you to another time.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of monastery

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The town served as a Genoese naval outpost during the medieval rivalry with Pisa, and the hotel’s arched colonnades of the original cloister still stand atop rooms that face Palmaria Island or the Gulf itself.

— Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 July 2026
The cathedral, its peaceful cloister, and its ornate crypt are also worth a visit.

— Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2026

Definition of cloister

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Robert de Molesme founded the Cistercian order at an abbey some 20 miles away from Meursault, the small village where the new hotel is located, in 1098.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
At the time, a rep for the couple told PEOPLE that the ceremony took place at a medieval abbey at La Cervara with 100 family and friends.

— Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026

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