nunnery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
  2. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.; The residence of a female religious community, a monastery or abbey for nuns.
    — Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?
  3. Synonym of brothel. humorous,obsolete,slang
    — [To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...

词形变化

nunneries plural

词汇关系

上位词
monastery
相关词
abbess cloister convent nun

词源

From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery.
(brothel): Compare typologically Czech nevěstinec (< nevěstka < nevěsta).
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