nunnery

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery. (brothel): Compare typologically Czech nevěstinec (< nevěstka < nevěsta).

1. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
2. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.

   “Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?”

3. Synonym of brothel.

   “[To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...”

   “To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.”