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NUNNERY [3 records]

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Record 1 2022-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Religion (General)
DEF

A building or group of buildings in which female members of a religious order live as a religious community.

OBS

In English, a distinction is made between a "convent" and a "nunnery, "the former encompassing all members of a religious community regardless of gender.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Religion (Généralités)
DEF

Maison dans laquelle vivent en communauté, sous une même règle, des religieux ou des religieuses de confession chrétienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de construcciones
  • Religión (Generalidades)
DEF

Casa donde viven en comunidad miembros de una orden religiosa.

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Record 2 2022-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Religion (General)
DEF

The building or set of buildings occupied by ... a religious community.

OBS

... the word is often popularly restricted to a convent of women, a nunnery, a convent of men being distinguished as a monastery; but this is not warranted by historical usage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Religion (Généralités)
DEF

Maison dans laquelle vivent en communauté, sous une même règle, des religieux ou des religieuses de confession chrétienne.

PHR

couvent de Bénédictins, couvent de Capucins, couvent de Carmélites

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de construcciones
  • Religión (Generalidades)
DEF

Casa donde viven en comunidad miembros de una orden religiosa.

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Record 3 2015-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
DEF

The criminal or tortious act of taking another person by fraud, persuasion or violence.

CONT

A parent may complain of abduction or enticement of his child in violation of his right to legal custody, as when a girl of sixteen was persuaded to join a nunnery against her father's will.

OBS

The taking need not be by force, either actual or constructive, and consent obtained by persuasiveness is no defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Fait de s'emparer de quelqu'un par séduction ou de l'emmener par violence ou par fraude.

OBS

Dans le Code criminel, «abduction» se rend par «enlèvement» ou «rapt» et «forcible abduction» par «rapt».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Problemas sociales
DEF

Apoderamiento de una persona utilizando medios violentos [...]

OBS

Se diferencia del secuestro en que los motivos de éste suelen ser de naturaleza económica, política o ideológica.

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