The meaning of Nunneries

ˈnʌn.ər.i

Nunneries – definition

noun
A building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community; a convent.
Usage examples:
You have to go to a desert, or to a monastery, a nunnery or an abbey.
Synonims:
Convent Priory Abbey Religious house Religious community Cloister Cenobium Cenoby Beguinage

noun
A convent

Nunneries translation into English

Nunneries: translate from English into Chinese

尼姑庵, 修道院

Nunneries: translate from English into Dutch

Nonnenkloosters, Nonnenklooster

Nunneries: translate from English into French

Couvents, Couvent

Nunneries: translate from English into German

Nonnenklöster, Nonnenkloster, Kloster, Frauenkloster

Nunneries: translate from English into Hindi

ननरीज, ज़नाना मठ

Nunneries: translate from English into Italian

Conventi, Convento di suore, Monastero di suore

Nunneries: translate from English into Korean

수녀원, 여자 수도원

Nunneries: translate from English into Russian

Монастыри, Женский монастырь, Монахини

Nunneries: translate from English into Spanish

Conventos, Convento de monjas

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Nunneries synonims

abbey

noun
The building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
Usage examples:
Friaries were occupied by friars, abbeys were headed by abbots, priories by priors.

noun
A building for monks (= religious men) or nuns (= religious women) to live in

All meanings and translations of Abbey

cenobium

səˈnəʊbɪəm

noun
A monastery.
Usage examples:
Many pilgrims flocked to the cenobium in search of the monk

All meanings and translations of Cenobium

cloister

ˈklɔɪstə

noun
A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a colonnade open to a quadrangle on one side.
Usage examples:
The shadowed cloisters of the convent

verb
Seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.
Usage examples:
The monastery was where the brothers would cloister themselves to meditate

All meanings and translations of Cloister

convent

noun
A christian community of nuns living together under monastic vows.
Usage examples:
Maria entered the convent at the age of eighteen

noun
A building or group of buildings in which nuns (= religious women) live or worship

All meanings and translations of Convent

priory

ˈpraɪ.ə.ri

noun
A small monastery or nunnery that is governed by a prior or prioress.
Usage examples:
Others included walks from iona to holy island, canterbury to york, and around the monasteries, abb…

noun
A building where monks or nuns live, work, and pray

All meanings and translations of Priory

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