Definition of "nunnery"

nunnery

/ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/

noun
plural nunneries
1. (chiefly Christianity) The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns.
  Quotations
  Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?
  c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i]
2. (humorous, slang, obsolete) Synonym of brothel.
  Quotations
  [To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...
  1593, Thomas Nashe, Christs Teares ouer Ierusalem, page 79
  To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.
  1977, J.T. Shipley, In Praise of England, page 194