Definition of Nunneries. Meaning of Nunneries. Synonyms of Nunneries

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Definition of Nunneries

Nunneries
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.

Meaning of Nunneries from wikipedia

- A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Alternatively, convent means the building used by the community. The term...
- Nunnery is an estate outside of Douglas on the Isle of Man, named after a religious foundation on the site, at grid reference SC372754. The Nunnery is...
- The Iona Nunnery was an Augustinian convent of nuns located on the island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It was established sometime after...
- Pokrovsky Nunnery (Ukrainian: Покровський жіночий монастир, romanized: Pokrovskyi zhinochyi monastyr) in Kyiv, Ukraine, known in full as the Nunnery of the...
- Cultural Revolution. It is the largest and oldest Tibetan nunnery in India. Since most of the nunneries in Tibet are no longer operational, it may be the largest...
- river to the right. There are also shown the watermills, provided by the nunneries in Zürich at the location of the present Rathausbrücke and southernly...
- Robert Brock Nunnery (December 28, 1933 – May 15, 1988) was an American football tackle who pla**** one season with the Dallas Texans of the American Football...
- men and boys are funded by the state or have private benefactors, but nunneries receive no government funding. According to Bhutan Nuns Foundation, many...
- St. Leonards Nunnery was a house of Augustininian canonesses at Perth, Scotland, founded in the 13th century. After King Edward I of England's foray in...
- nos. 1-6, 8 & 9 (1958), p. 129 Power, Eileen (1988). Medieval English Nunneries, c. 1275 to 1535. Biblo & Tannen Booksellers & Publishers Incorporat....