Nunnery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
nunnery
    n 1: the convent of a community of nuns
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nunnery \Nun"ner*y\, n.; pl. {Nunneries}. [OE. nonnerie, OF.
   nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See {Nun}.]
   A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which
   women reside for life, under religious vows. See {Cloister},
   and {Convent}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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