English
Noun
en-noun|nunner|ies

1. archaic a place of residence for nuns

#* 1601: w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare, w:Hamlet|Hamlet III.i
#*:Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?

1. slang obsolete a brothel

Translations
trans-top|residence for nuns
Hungarian: t|hu|apácakolostor, t|hu|zárda
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trans-top|brothel
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ttbc|German: Nonnenkloster n
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ttbc|Polish: klasztor (że�ski) m
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See also
abbess
cloister
convent <!-- syn? -->
nun
monastery

io:nunnery
ru:nunnery
ta:nunnery
te:nunnery
vi:nunnery
zh:nunnery

• 2007-12-23 22:35 - Panda10 - /* Noun */ added hu, trans tables, checktrans

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