nunnery
Nun"ner*y, n.; pl. Nunneries. Etym: [OE. nonnerie, OF. nonerie, F. nonnerie, fr. nonne nun, L. nonna. See Nun.] Defn: A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.