| 单词 | nunnery |
| 释义 | nunnery noun[C] literaryuk/ˈnʌn.ər.i/us/ˈnʌn.ɚ.i/aconvent 女修道院（同 convent）Compare monastery Religious people: monks & nuns
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Religious buildings & places Examplesofnunnerynunnery Much of the material on nunneries is delicate work on uncertain and poorly-documented foundations. From theCambridge English Corpus Thenunnerywas founded in the fourteenth century; then for a long time the area was left alone. From theCambridge English Corpus Requirements for increasingly strict enclosure inevitably loom large in the study ofnunneryrules. From theCambridge English Corpus Let us begin by considering the physical relationship of the church, the professional space of the clergy, to thenunnery. From theCambridge English Corpus Pursuing a religious calling and entering anunneryprovided another acceptable option for women besides marriage. From theCambridge English Corpus The monasteries and nunneries are havens where destitute newcomers may hope to find some security and opportunities for education and social advancement. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of nunneries rose; they thus owned more and more of the city centre in perpetuity and developed more assertive building projects. From theCambridge English Corpus Smith's study of these simultaneously explores the physical structure of nunneries and the rules' construction of them as sacred space. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time, he adopted a rather flexible approach, recognizing that some specific kinds of property could be acceptable, especially given the pressing financial problems faced by nunneries. From theCambridge English Corpus The same could be said for those art works and paintings which were produced by nuns and sent out of thenunneryto be sold on the external market. From theCambridge English Corpus As for the nature of the community in which pelicans live, it is similar to that experienced in monasteries and nunneries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Incidentally, teachers do not want to live in nunneries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do not want to be seen or heard we ought to go into nunneries or monasteries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to people who belong to closed orders, people who live in nunneries or monasteries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there is the small category of those living in closed orders, in nunneries and monastries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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