About The Word Nun
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What's The Definition Of Nun?
[n] the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
[n] a buoy resembling a cone [n] a woman religious Synonyms | Synonyms for Nun: conical buoy | nun buoy Related Terms | Find terms related to Nun: abbess | canoness | celibataire | celibate | clergywoman | conventual | lady superior | misogamist | misogynist | monastic | monk | mother superior | novice | postulant | priest | prioress | religieuse | secular canoness | single | sister | superioress | the reverend mother | unmarried See Also | Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu | alphabetic character | Aramaic alphabet | buoy | Hebraic alphabet | Hebrew alphabet | letter | letter of the alphabet | Mother Teresa | Mother Theresa | religious | Sister | Teresa | Theresa Nun In Webster's Dictionary \Nun\, n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus
monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. {Nunnery}.]
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. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of
feathers covering the head.
(b) The smew.
(c) The European blue titmouse.
{Gray nuns} (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order
established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were
introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called
from the color or their robe, and known in religion as
{Sisters of Charity of Montreal}.
{Nun buoy}. See under {Buoy}.
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