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In generic terms applicable to males and females, you can refer to them as cloistered, or living in a cloister. The Shakespearean "Nunnery" is more often referred to as a convent. If the convent is run by an Abbess (a particular rank of the sisterhood) it can be referred to as an Abbey.

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