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nunnery

/ˈnʌnəri/

nunnerysubstantiv

nunneries

Pl.

/ˈnʌnəri/

Übersetzungen

She decided to join a nunnery to dedicate her life to spirituality.

Она решила вступить в монастырь, чтобы посвятить свою жизнь духовности.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

женский монастырь

Definitionen

A building or group of buildings where nuns live and work; a convent.

The nunnery was located on the outskirts of the town, surrounded by lush gardens.

An archaic slang term for a brothel.

Some scholars argue that Hamlet’s line, “Get thee to a nunnery,” was meant to evoke the image of a brothel.

Synonyme

religious house