Nunnery

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nunnery \Nun"ner*y\, n.; pl. {Nunneries}. [OE. nonnerie, OF.
     nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See {Nun}.]
     A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which
     women reside for life, under religious vows. See {Cloister},
     and {Convent}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nunnery
       n : the convent of a community of nuns