nunnery

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Mornings inside the nunnery are filled with the thuds of heavy footsteps and the clanking of swords as the nuns train under Ms. Lhamo’s tutelage.

From New York Times

Covertly using the factory’s equipment, they eventually hit the jackpot by designing luxury garments adorned with scraps of beaded embroidery procured from the nunnery.

From New York Times

Any threat to property or prestige must be immediately quashed — or sent to a nunnery.

From Los Angeles Times

The 360- aerial images explore several of the Mayan ruins, including the pyramid, the Temple of Warriors, the observatory and the nunnery.

From The Guardian

There are no neighbors for miles other than a nunnery run by the Russian Orthodox Church.

From New York Times