Nunnery

Definitions

1. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
2. A surname.
3. The residence of a female religious community, a monastery or abbey for nuns.
4. Synonym of brothel.
   humorous, obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Get⟳ thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?”

“[To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...”

“To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.”

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