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Recent Examples of nunnery
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.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nunnery
Noun
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Since then, the order has grown to three hundred nuns in thirty convents around the world.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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It was then divided and sold as 26 different lots in 1971, before being bought by a church and used as a convent.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Allied forces have taken Sicily and begun the treacherous push up Italy’s boot, but the advance has stalled near the Abbey of Monte Cassino, a historic monastery planted atop a rocky hill in the Apennine Mountains.—
Catherine Musemeche,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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Constructed initially just outside of Madrid in 1141, this monastery was occupied by Cistercian monks for almost 700 years before becoming storage and stables during the social revolution of the 1800s.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 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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Just two hours north of London, but what feels like an entire world away, the region is best known for its vast, dune-like beaches, crumbling medieval abbeys, and grande dame stately homes.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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Over the next few centuries, the abbey’s importance as a place of study and prayer, as well as its political and cultural significance, only grew.—
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 22 Feb. 2025.
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