1) Abbess 2) Abbess subordinate 3) Abbey figure 4) Agnes of Agnes of God 5) Agnes of God extra 6) Calling for a religious woman 7) Canterbury taleteller 8) Carmelite 9) Catechism instructor 10) Catholic sister 11) Celibate sister 12) Certain prayer 13) Certain rosary counter 14) Certain sister 15) Channel buoy
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1) Bikuni 2) Cleric 3) Cloistress 4) Hebrew letter 5) Sister 6) Teresa 7) Theresa
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- a woman religious
- a buoy resembling a cone
- the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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1) Strictly, a member of a religious order of women with solemn vows; 2) in general, all women religious, even those in simple vows who are more properly called sisters.
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A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. She may have decided to dedicate her life to serving all other living beings, or she might be an ascetic who voluntarily chose to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent....
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[biblical figure] Nun n, in the Hebrew Bible, was a man from the Tribe of Ephraim, grandson of Ammihud, son of Elishama, and father of Joshua. ({bibleverse|1|Chronicles|7:26-27|HE}) He grew up in and may have lived his entire life in the Israelites` Egyptian captivity, where the Egyptians `made life bitter for them with harsh labor at morta...
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[letter] Nun is the fourteenth letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew נ and Arabic alphabet nūn ن (in abjadi order). It is the third letter in Thaana (ނ), pronounced as `noonu`. Its sound value is n. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek nu (Ν), Etruscan
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• (n.) The smew. • (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. • (n.) The European blue titmouse. • (n.) A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. • (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of...
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oldest of the ancient Egyptian gods and father of Re, the sun god. Nun`s name means `water,` and he represented the primeval waters of chaos out of ... [1 related articles]
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woman who is a member of a monastic religious order or group. See monasticism.[6 related articles]
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In Egyptian mythology, the primeval watery chaos on which the world floats; also the god personifying this. ...
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Woman belonging to a religious order under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and living under a particular rule. Christian convents are ruled by a superior (often elected), who is...
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1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. 'They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration.' (Wordsworth) ... 2. <zoology> A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. The smew. ... The European blue titmouse. Gray nu...
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Nun noun [ Middle English
nunne , Anglo-Saxon
nunne , from Latin
nonna nun,
nonnus monk; confer Greek ..., ...; of unknown origin. Confer
Nunnery .]
1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and...
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A term referring to any Catholic, Orthodox or Anglican woman who is an avowed member of the religious community. Technically, it refers to women who take a solemn oath to renounce a life of pleasure and live a life of prayer and discipline in a monastery (Reid et al. 1990
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a member of a religious order of women who has taken solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
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n] - a woman religious 2. [n] - the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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A nun is a woman who renounces worldly life and is ordinarily a member of a monastic order or community, thereby undertaking a special commitment to study, service, asceticism, prayer, or disciplined spiritual practice. In the Buddhist tradition, fully ordained nuns are called bhikkhunis, those who beg alms, depending upon the laity for their food ...
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a member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. She may have decided to dedicate her life to serving all other living beings, or she might be an ascetic who voluntarily chose to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. While in ...
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noun a woman religious
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Woman belonging to a religious order under the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and living under a particular rule. Christian convents are ruled by a superior (often elected), who is subject to the authority of the bishop of the diocese or sometimes directly to the pope. See monasticism. It is possible that the institution of Christian com...
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Primordial god of water and fertility, depicted as a green or blue man
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The fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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a woman member of a religious order, esp. one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. · any of various birds, esp. a domestic variety of pigeon.
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