nun
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2.7
- noun
- /nʌn/
:
monja
- She started an order of nuns just to take care of the dying.
- portraits of nuns
- nuns and monks
- nuns in the convent
I didn't become a nun because I felt called to it.
- I didn't become a nun because I felt called to it.
- And I thought, well, if a nun can be an alcoholic, so can I.
- It's very difficult to be a nun or to live a religious life.
- We went to a Catholic school where we had nuns like dressed in habits and stuff like that.
- and also spent time with the nuns
- I went to Saint Thomas School in Rudry, run by nuns.
- Started out as the Flying Nun or Gidget, too, right?
- OK, that's, that's a Spanish nun also.
- I have been with monks and nuns and Abbots and yogis.
Examples
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I think she reminded me of Sister Martha, my favorite nun at St. Gertrude's parochial school.
Fiction book (1990) -
First they went to a nun, Sister Monica Claire.
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It's very difficult to be a nun or to live a religious life.
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And while you were waiting, a guard asked, what's a nun doing in a place like this?
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And I thought, well, if a nun can be an alcoholic, so can I.
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I would like to speak to the nun who dropped her tray just now.
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May Anna thought about being a nun, which just about drove Buster crazy.
Fiction book (1990) -
For ten years, she had lived like a nun and had resigned herself to celibacy.
Fiction book (1990) -
She's been reading a book about medieval Spanish nuns, their journals, and poetry.
Fiction book (1991) -
The nun dedicated her life to helping the poor in her community.
Synonyms
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2.5
A title used before the name of a Catholic nun
3
8.9
A woman who leads a group of nuns in a convent
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7.4
A person who lives in a community to serve a faith and follow vows
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7.8
A woman who is in charge of a group of nuns in a convent
A nun in the Trappist order who lives by prayer and work
A monk or nun who lives in a monastery following the rules of Saint Benedict
A monk or nun who follows the rules of Saint Pachomius
A person who lives in a monastery and follows strict religious rules
A woman who belongs to a religious community connected to a church
A woman who leads an abbey or convent
Compounds
How Committed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nun comes from the Latin word nonna, which meant 'a nun' or 'an older woman', and that is why a nun today is a woman who joins a religious community and lives a life of prayer and service.