| 词汇 | nunnery |
| 释义 | nunnery noun[ C ] literaryuk /ˈnʌn.ər.i/ us /ˈnʌn.ɚ.i/ a convent女修道院（同 convent） Compare monastery Religious people: monks & nuns abbess abbey abbot anchorite ascetic benedictine Franciscan friar friary habit hermit lay brother monastic monastically monasticism monk mother priory Trappist monk veil You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Religious buildings & places Examples of nunnerynunnery Much of the material on nunneries is delicate work on uncertain and poorly-documented foundations. The nunnery was founded in the fourteenth century; then for a long time the area was left alone. Requirements for increasingly strict enclosure inevitably loom large in the study of nunnery rules. Let us begin by considering the physical relationship of the church, the professional space of the clergy, to the nunnery. Pursuing a religious calling and entering a nunnery provided another acceptable option for women besides marriage. The monasteries and nunneries are havens where destitute newcomers may hope to find some security and opportunities for education and social advancement. The number of nunneries rose; they thus owned more and more of the city centre in perpetuity and developed more assertive building projects. Smith's study of these simultaneously explores the physical structure of nunneries and the rules' construction of them as sacred space. At the same time, he adopted a rather flexible approach, recognizing that some specific kinds of property could be acceptable, especially given the pressing financial problems faced by nunneries. The same could be said for those art works and paintings which were produced by nuns and sent out of the nunnery to be sold on the external market. As for the nature of the community in which pelicans live, it is similar to that experienced in monasteries and nunneries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Incidentally, teachers do not want to live in nunneries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do not want to be seen or heard we ought to go into nunneries or monasteries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to people who belong to closed orders, people who live in nunneries or monasteries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there is the small category of those living in closed orders, in nunneries and monastries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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