Definition of Nunniry

Definition of Nunniry

Nun"ner*y (?), n.; pl. Nunneries (#). [OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See Nun.] A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

NUNNERY. A bawdy house.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

(archaic) a place of residence for nuns
1601: Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners? — Shakespeare, Hamlet III.i
(slang) (obsolete) a brothel

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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