nunnery

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Recent Examples of nunnery Nang Aye Yin, 34, heard news that the nunnery where a relative of his was studying had collapsed. Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025 While Mikhail managed to escape by climbing out a window and taking refuge in a nearby nunnery, the men took his son hostage, and Mikhail was not able to ransom him until several days later. Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 The ruins of the Iona nunnery were visible from one window of the hall. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Sarah Snook at Critics Choice: C- Is this the uniform of a strict headmistress of a nunnery? Alex Badia, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for nunnery
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Noun
  • The origin story of the evil spirit Valak from The Conjuring 2, The Nun stars Taissa Farmiga (sister of Vera) as Irene, a young novitiate and clairvoyant summoned to a convent to investigate a fellow nun’s suicide.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Orphaned at 10 years old, he was educated at a convent in his hometown of Auxerre.
    Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Carved into Cappadocia’s moon-like terrain, this thousand-year-old monastery and historical village is now a boutique hotel.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Balenciaga was like a monk and never left his monastery.
    James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Staged at the atmospheric Cloître Saint-Trophime–a 12th-century Romanesque cloister and UNESCO World Heritage Site–this exhibition is the winning project of the BMW ART MAKERS 2025 programme and marks the 15th year of BMW France’s cultural partnership with the festival.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Give yourself ample time to tour the 42-acre complex; besides the mausoleum, there is a mosque, a guest house, cloisters, courtyards, and vast gardens. 6.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Construction began on the Silverado Canyon abbey in 2018, about 7 miles north of its previous location in Trabuco Canyon after the priests and seminarians outgrew that location.
    Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Inextricably tied to the D-Day invasion of World War II, this northern French region of orchards, dairies, horse farms and seaside villages along the English Channel draws visitors who come to honor the fallen or visit famous medieval fortresses and abbeys.
    Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025

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