nunnery

noun

A convent of nuns.

A convent or cloister for the exclusive use of nuns.

Nuns collectively, or the institution or system of conventual life for women.

A name sometimes given to the triforium of a medieval church, since in some churches this gallery was set apart for the use of nuns attending them.

noun

A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See cloister, and convent.

noun

a place of residence for nuns; a convent

noun

(obsolete) a brothel

noun

the convent of a community of nuns