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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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Poitier brings his megawatt charm to the proceedings as Homer gets to know the convent, taking this opportunity to not only do good but to satisfy his architectural dreams.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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The Avignon popes locked them up in a special convent, the Repenties, set up far from the center of town.—
Joelle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In winter 1524-1525, the peasants were able to capture castles and monasteries without much bloodshed.—
Michael Bruening,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Through centuries, pilgrims stopped at the monastery there, and then the island became a vineyard, a vegetable garden and eventually a fortified military site.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
21 Feb. 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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Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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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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“Nunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nunnery. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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