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English
Etymology
From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery.
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nunnery (plural nunneries)
- a convent.
- (chiefly Christianity) The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?
- (humorous, slang, obsolete) Synonym of brothel.
1593, Thomas Nashe, Christs Teares ouer Ierusalem, page 79:
1977, J.T. Shipley, In Praise of England, page 194:To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.
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