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nun Definition


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nun
noun
    1. A member of a female religious order living within a community, in obedience to certain vows.
      Thesaurus: sister, abbess, prioress, postulant, mother superior, bride of Christ, canoness, anchoress, vestal.
Derivative: nunnish
adj
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon nunne: from Latin nonna, originally meaning ‘mother'.



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