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nun

noun

1 nun

A woman religious.

Roget 904: celibacy, singleness, single blessedness; bachelorhood, bachelorship; misogamy, misogyny.    virginity, pucelage; maidenhood, maidenhead.    unmarried man, bachelor, ... show more

Roget 996: clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk.    clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, ... show more

Dutch: non, religieuze, zuster
Polish: siostra, siostra zakonna, zakonnica

2 nun

A buoy resembling a cone.

synonyms: conical buoy, nun buoy.

3 nun

The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Dutch: nonnetje


Moby thesaurus: abbess, canoness, celibataire, celibate, clergywoman, conventual, lady superior, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monk, mother superior, novice, postulant, priest, prioress, religieuse, secular canoness, single, sister ... show more.

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