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# nunnery

noun (nunneries)

«nunnery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A building where nuns live together, away from the world, to pray and work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nunnery/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, the place where holy women live and pray

### Examples

- The nuns lived quietly in the nunnery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nunnery/#x1)
- A nunnery stood beside the old temple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nunnery/#x2)
- Some girls went to the nunnery to learn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nunnery/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nunnery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nunnery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nunnery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nunnery.html) on Mova free.