Nunneries

thumb|right|The cloister of [[Sénanque Abbey, Provence]] alt=|thumb|Church of the former Bath Abbey, [[Somerset]] thumb|right|An interior of the Bridgettine's [[Nådendal Abbey, a medieval Catholic monastery in Naantali, Finland]] An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian or Buddhist monks and nuns.

thumb|Convent of the Conceptionists in [[Ágreda, Spain (Roman Catholic)]] thumb|Neuenwalde Convent in Germany belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran tradition of Christianity A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Those residing in a convent are conventuals. A convent is also the building used by the community, especially in Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican traditions.

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thumb | right | alt=Elsbeth Stagel; excerpt from the Töss Sisters' Book: initial "S"(apiens) with the scribe's portrait of the nun Elsbeth Stagel at her writing desk with quill and penknife | Elsbeth Stagel; excerpt from the Töss Sisters' Book: initial "S"(apiens) with the scribe's portrait of the nun Elsbeth Stagel at her writing desk with quill and penknife Sister-books () is the term for a group of texts in the medieval literature. These works were written by Dominican nuns in the first half of the fourteenth century in South Germany and Switzerland. They relate the mystical experiences of