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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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Historical records show that about 500,000 bricks were sold after the convent was demolished, but Langkilde said a complex of its size could easily have contained twice that number.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Leo’s namesake, Pope Leo XIII, elevated it to a minor basilica and expanded the adjacent convent in the early 1900s.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

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On Greek itineraries, this includes a tour of breathtaking Meteora, a complex of 13th-century monasteries located on the mainland atop a precipitous natural pillar of sandstone more than 1,000 feet high.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026
In Beachwood Canyon, the Monastery of the Angels was built as a private mansion and rebuilt by the Catholic Church in 1948 as a monastery.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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Walk leisurely through the cloisters, sit on the terrace, and finish with a walk through Tryon Park.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
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

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The abbey connection would take 10 to 15 years to implement, the report states.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
The Abbazia di San Fruttuoso, a 10th-century abbey complex owned for centuries by the Dorias, a powerful Genoa family, dominates the cove setting.

— Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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