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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
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For centuries, The Courier Journal reported more than 100 years ago, their remains were kept in Roman catacombs alongside other martyrs who had been killed over their religious beliefs before being taken to a convent in Agnani, Italy, sometime around 1700.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
24 Dec. 2024
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Packed with more than 30 different plant species, this open-air space stands as a testament to the building’s lengthy history, equipped with a well that was installed in the 1600s while the space served as a convent for the Order of Saint Clare.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
15 Dec. 2024
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For more than three decades, Iyer, an essayist and a novelist, has spent several weeks a year at a silent retreat in a monastery in Big Sur, California.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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But early construction revealed a network of tunnels that were part of an ancient monastery complex.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Dec. 2024
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During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2024
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For a more country experience, there is the historic abbey, San Pietro in Valle, located between Spoleto and the Marmore Falls.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Situating them in a real abbey, Rabelais marshaled them as evidence of hypocrisy.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Nunnery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nunnery. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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