(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:30:33

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.

 

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