- A
convent is a
community of monks, nuns,
friars or
religious sisters. Alternatively,
convent means the
building used by the community. The word is particularly...
- The Iona
Nunnery was an
Augustinian convent of nuns
located on the
island of Iona in the
Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It was
established sometime after...
- Chi Lin
Nunnery (Chinese: 志蓮淨苑; Jyutping: zi3 lin4 zing6 jyun2;
Cantonese Yale: Jilìhn
Jihng Yún) is a
large Buddhist temple complex located in Diamond...
- ****umption that "
nunnery" was used that way in slang, or that
Hamlet intended such a meaning. The
context of the
scene suggests that a
nunnery would not be...
-
Pokrovsky Nunnery (Ukrainian: Покровський жіночий монастир, romanized: Pokrovskyi
zhinochyi monastyr) in Kyiv, Ukraine,
known in full as the
Nunnery of the...
-
Nunnery is an
estate outside of
Douglas on the Isle of Man,
named after a
religious foundation on the site, at grid
reference SC372754. The
Nunnery is...
- Garu
Nunnery is a
historical hermitage,
belonging to Sera Monastery. It is
located north of Lhasa,
Lhasa Prefecture, in the
Tibet region of China. The...
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Thangthong Dewachen Nunnery is a
Buddhist monastery in the
small Himalayan country of Bhutan. The
nunnery is
located in
Zilukha (Thimphu District) overlooking...
- translator, in the
tenth century. The
nunnery is now
under the
patronage of
Thiksey Monastery.
Today the
nunnery houses 26 nuns,
ranging from the ages...
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Kagyud Zhadpa Dorjeeling is a
small Buddhist nunnery (gompa)
located in Bhodkharbu, Ladakh, India. The
nunnery follows the
Drigungpa order.
About 55 nuns...
