nunnery

n., pl., -ies.
A convent of nuns.

A convent for females.

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[MC]

A settlement built to sustain a community of religious women, comprising a church and domestic accommodation arranged around a cloister. See also monastery.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the convent of a community of nuns

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nonnekloster

Nederlands (Dutch)
nonnenklooster

Français (French)
n. - couvent

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nonnenkloster

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) γυναικείο μοναστήρι

Italiano (Italian)
convento di monache

Português (Portuguese)
n. - convento (m) de freiras

Русский (Russian)
женский монастырь

Español (Spanish)
n. - convento de monjas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (nunne)kloster

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
女修道院, 尼姑庵

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 女修道院, 尼姑庵

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수녀원, 수녀사회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 女子修道院, 尼僧団

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دير للراهبات, رهبنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנזר נזירות‬

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