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Your search for "NUNNERY" resulted in the following result(s).

monument Word or Phrase:SISTERS OF ST JOHN NUNNERY *  
Definition:A priory of the female Order of Knights Hospitallers.

monument Word or Phrase:PREMONSTRATENSIAN NUNNERY *  
Definition:A priory of Premonstratensian canonesses.

monument Word or Phrase:ROMAN CATHOLIC NUNNERY *  
Definition:A house of Roman Catholic nuns or canonesses.

monument Word or Phrase:AUGUSTINIAN NUNNERY *  
Definition:An abbey or priory of Augustinian canonesses.

monument Word or Phrase:BENEDICTINE NUNNERY *  
Definition:An abbey or priory for nuns ofthe Benedictine order.

monument Word or Phrase:BRIDGETTINE NUNNERY *  
Definition:An abbey founded in 1415 for nuns of the Bridgettine order.

monument Word or Phrase:CISTERCIAN NUNNERY *  
Definition:An abbey or a priory of Cistercian nuns.

monument Word or Phrase:FRANCISCAN NUNNERY *  
Definition:An abbey of Franciscan nuns also known as Minoresses or Poor Clares.

monument Word or Phrase:GILBERTINE NUNNERY *  
Definition:An abbey or priory of Gilbertine Nuns.

monument Word or Phrase:CARMELITE NUNNERY *  
Definition:A site inhabited by a modern order of nuns, founded in 1900 at Lanherne, Cornwall, following Carmelite traditions.

monument Word or Phrase:DOMINICAN NUNNERY *  
Definition:An abbey or priory of Dominican nuns.

monument Word or Phrase:ANGLICAN NUNNERY *  
Definition:A place of worship and residence for Anglican nuns.

monument Word or Phrase:CLUNIAC NUNNERY *  
Definition:An abbey or priory of Cluniac nuns.

monument Word or Phrase:SERVITE NUNNERY *  
Definition:A nunnery of nuns belonging to the Order of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Servites.

monument Word or Phrase:NUNNERY *  
Definition:Houses specifically of nuns/canonesses or religious women.

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