Crossword-Solution: NUNNERY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Nunnery | n. | A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “NUNNERY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Suggested abode for Ophelia. | 1 answer |
| Where Hamlet told Ophelia to "get thee to" | 1 answer |
| priory | 4 answers |
| Convent | 6 answers |
| Cloister | 10 answers |
| Monastery | 14 answers |
| ABBEY ___ | 27 answers |
| PRAYER, place of | 28 answers |
| PLACE of worship | 34 answers |
| refuge | 73 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARTEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with NUNNERY (5)
But get thee to a nunnery—go! Well, the old man he liked that speech, and he mighty soon got it so he could do it first rate.
What wonderful changes are wrought by that reigning power, ambition! the love-sick girl, when first she heard of Temple's refusal, wept, raved, tore her hair, and vowed to found a protestant nunnery with her fortune; and by commencing abbess, shut herself up from the sight of cruel ungrateful man for ever.
And she was cut off from ordinary life by her religious intensity which made the world for her either a nunnery garden or a paradise, where sin and knowledge were not, or else an ugly, cruel thing.
See Abbot.] A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.
Agatha's nunnery, And the firs at "The Ferngrove" fled on the right, And "Falconer's Tower" on the left took flight.
Quotes with NUNNERY (3)
Gosh, so this house must be a nunnery!”-Lilly to Sophia
Female Mercenary. This will be a companion on your Tour. She is usually tall, thin and wiry, silent, and neurotic. Sex scares her. This is because she either came from a nunnery or was raped as a child. Or both. Somehow this inspired her to become a mercenary and she is very good at her job. You can rely on her absolutely in a fight. She can usually kill two people at once while guarding your back in between. The rest of the time, she will irritate you with lots of punctiliou…
Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar tradition at a nunnery in the Philippines. It's the sort of quest I can't resist.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1955–2024).