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Recent Examples of nunnery
Sarah Snook at Critics Choice: C- Is this the uniform of a strict headmistress of a nunnery?
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Alex Badia, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024
Shui Yung, the nunnery's expansion was informed by the architectural principles of the Tang Dynasty, resulting in a breathtaking structure crafted entirely from cypress wood—no nails required.
—Kissa Castañeda, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The entrepreneur is told to either get thee to a nunnery (with apologies to Hamlet) or get thee to a mentor.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
Sweeney plays Cecilia, an American nun who transfers to Italy and is forced to face a lot of dark secrets hidden in the walls of the gorgeous nunnery.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
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Alex Badia, WWD, 13 Sep. 2024
Shui Yung, the nunnery's expansion was informed by the architectural principles of the Tang Dynasty, resulting in a breathtaking structure crafted entirely from cypress wood—no nails required.
—Kissa Castañeda, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The entrepreneur is told to either get thee to a nunnery (with apologies to Hamlet) or get thee to a mentor.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
Sweeney plays Cecilia, an American nun who transfers to Italy and is forced to face a lot of dark secrets hidden in the walls of the gorgeous nunnery.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nunnery
Noun
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But when the choir travels to a countryside convent for a weekend of intensive rehearsals, Lucia’s interest in a restoration worker tests her friendship with Ana-Maria and the other girls.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2025
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Her parents' oldest daughter (a position of honor in her culture), Anyanwu entered the convent in 2007.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Founded in 1397 for hermit friars who had dedicated their life to St. Augustine, the monastery has been under the custodial care of the Augustinian order for centuries.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The monastery Mariazell owned the property, and Enea had to present his vision directly to the nuns, who had never considered leasing the land for such a purpose.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The wide open space of the glorious Sistine Chapel, wonderful ornate cloisters and marble staircases needed a flip side to them.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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Christian intellectuals increasingly accepted input from classical and contemporary non-Christian sources, particularly in emerging urban schools, which were beginning to replace monastic cloisters as centers of learning in Europe.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Critics pointed to his role in the dissolution of the monasteries, an initiative of the English Reformation that saw most of the kingdom’s abbeys and priories shut down, their art and relics destroyed and their wealth diverted to fill the king’s coffers.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Nunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nunnery. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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