nunnery

[ nuhn-uh-ree ]

/ ˈnʌn ə ri /

a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.

Origin of nunnery

First recorded in 1225–75, nunnery is from the Middle English word nonnerie. See nun¹, -ery

nuneaton, nunhood, nunivak, nunn, nunnation, nunnery, nunny bag, nuoc mam, nupe, nupercaine, nuptial

Yes, the capricious, man-eating screen siren has, quite literally, gotten thee to a nunnery.

The 10 Unlikeliest Movie Jobs |Marlow Stern |November 20, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
It was Radegunds wish that they should be fetched from Tours to her nunnery by a procession headed by the bishop of Poitiers.

Woman under Monasticism |Lina Eckenstein
It is possible that she had entered the nunnery some time166 before that.

Mazes and Labyrinths |W. H. Matthews
How shall it be told that Emma of Normandy was beholden to a nunnery for her handmaidens?

King Olaf's Kinsman |Charles Whistler

I think he finally overthrew her in his mind with "Get thee to a nunnery!"

The Gay Cockade |Temple Bailey
She retired to the nunnery to pass the remainder of her days, after the marriage of the king, in seclusion.

Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea. |Anonymous

nunnery

/ (ˈnʌnərɪ) /

the convent or religious house of a community of nuns