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nun

1

[ nuhn ]

noun

  1. a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
  2. any of various birds, especially a domestic variety of pigeon.


nun

2

[ noon, noon ]

noun

  1. the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

ū

3

[ noon ]

noun

  1. the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

Nun

4

[ noon ]

noun

Egyptian Religion.
  1. 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

  1. a female member of a religious order
  2. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nun

2

/ ʊ /

noun

  1. the 14th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (נ or, at the end of a word, ן), transliterated as n
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nun

  1. 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.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳܲԱ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Գܲl adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nun1

before 900; Middle English, Old English nunne < Medieval Latin nonna, feminine of nonnus monk

Origin of nun2

First recorded in 1875–80, nun is from the Hebrew word ū literally, fish

Origin of nun3

From Arabic; nun 2, nu 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nun1

Old English nunne, from Church Latin nonna, from Late Latin: form of address used for an elderly woman
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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.

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Still, Handler is no nun, and she’s had another sexual awakening in later life.

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Artist Corita Kent, the former Los Angeles nun whose colorful works include the immensely popular “LOVE” postage stamp, died in her Boston home Thursday after a six-month battle against cancer.

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The crowd, a mixture of priests and nuns based in Rome and Catholic pilgrims here for a Jubilee year, were led by an American cardinal.

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His fiancée did not learn of it for some time, and she eventually took the veil, becoming a Dominican nun at a convent in Monterey — California’s first native-born Catholic sister.

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