A nun lives in a monastery while a sister may live in a convent.
A Convent, Cloister, or Abbey.
It's called a convent, usually.
It is a nunnery or convent.
A convent.
A please monk
the fear of nuns is called "monachousaphobia"
A gathering of nuns is called a nunnery. Or a convent.
The plural form of the word "nunnery", a noun meaning "a place of residence for nuns", is "nunneries".
The residence of the Governor general is called Government House.
Nuns
Those who helped slaves escape to freedom were called abolitionists or conductors on the Underground Railroad. They provided shelter, food, and safe passage to those seeking to escape slavery in the United States.
Girls who were training to be nuns would be postulants when they start, and then novices. The Catholic Orders do not allow boys to be nuns or sisters.
Many nuns do live in monasteries and convents, but some live out in the community where they work, too.For example, if a nun was a leader in a university campus Catholic Student Center, she would probably live in a house somewhere near her work.A nun lives in a convent or a nunnery.Many nuns live in convents (or nunneries), but some now live out the community.Roman Catholic AnswerNuns live in a monastery which can also be referred to as a cloister or an enclosure. The building itself is usually referred to as the monastery. The whole complex might be referred to as a monastery, or an abbey. Sisters are a separate case. This is all kind of confusing as nuns are called Sister, in many countries, but sisters are actually a different vocation from nuns. The residence for sisters is usually called a convent.
Nurses are NOT typically called "sister or sisters", and would likely be seen as a put down in the US. However, many Nuns train to be nurses. Because they are Nuns, they are called Sisters.
Mary founded an order of nuns called the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Sisters of Charity
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