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nun
1[ nuhn ]
noun
- a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- any of various birds, especially a domestic variety of pigeon.
nun
2[ noon, noon ]
noun
- the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- the consonant sound represented by this letter.
ū
3[ noon ]
noun
- the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Nun
4[ noon ]
noun
- oldest of the ancient Egyptian gods, personifying the primordial ocean from which the world was formed; father of Ra, the sun god.
nun
1/ ʌ /
noun
- a female member of a religious order
- sometimes capital a variety of domestic fancy pigeon usually having a black-and-white plumage with a ridged peak or cowl of short white feathers
nun
2/ ʊ /
noun
- the 14th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (נ or, at the end of a word, ן), transliterated as n
nun
- A female member of a religious order , living in a convent , whose work is confined to the convent. The term is also applied broadly to other female members of religious orders (“sisters”) who often live outside their convents and work as teachers, nurses, social workers, or administrators.
Derived Forms
- ˈԳܲԱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Գܲl adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of nun1
Origin of nun2
Word History and Origins
Origin of nun1
Example Sentences
Softly at first then louder, as if to encourage those who joined in timidly, the nuns broke into Ave Maria.
A group of nuns clad in grey and white glared at a man who, headphones in, was dancing around the square.
It used to be that academia was the equivalent of a convent, where the nuns and monks went to do their thinking, and even that doesn’t exist anymore.
The crypt was also damaged during another break in, also in 2019, and the church said at the time that several mummified remains - including the 400-year-old remains of a nun - were desecrated.
Still, Handler is no nun, and she’s had another sexual awakening in later life.
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