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Recent Examples of nunnery
The entrepreneur is told to either get thee to a nunnery (with apologies to Hamlet) or get thee to a mentor.
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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
Their complex scents have a an uncanny quality, and an ability to transport you to far off places, evoking things like the mossy stone walls of a medieval nunnery, a chimney fire on a wintery day, or in this case, the waxed parquet floors of the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2023
The coal merchant Bill Furlong discovers during a Christmas-week delivery that a young woman has been shut in a nunnery’s coal shed overnight.
—Joanna Biggs, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
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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
Their complex scents have a an uncanny quality, and an ability to transport you to far off places, evoking things like the mossy stone walls of a medieval nunnery, a chimney fire on a wintery day, or in this case, the waxed parquet floors of the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2023
The coal merchant Bill Furlong discovers during a Christmas-week delivery that a young woman has been shut in a nunnery’s coal shed overnight.
—Joanna Biggs, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nunnery
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Their home country was torn apart by raids, and one day Helena didn't return from her studies away from the convent.Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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The story’s Magdalene laundry was shot outside an existing convent.Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Nothing could be further from the truth, which explains why Azerbaijan continues to destroy Armenian cultural and historic sites, including churches and monasteries, which have stood for hundreds of years in attempt to erase any traces of Armenian existence in the region.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The action hops from the streets of London to a monastery outside Ankara to Kraven’s Siberian taiga hideout, where Calypso puts her summer camp archery skills to good use with a crossbow.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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And a clip of the momentous day went viral on TikTok after showing Charlotte watch George pass by, processing behind the king through the abbey.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Surrounding the abbey is a steep hillside village and a stone wall with turrets.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Nunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nunnery. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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