nun
noun/nʌn/
/nʌn/
- a member of a religious community of women who promise to serve God all their lives and often live together in a convent
- She was wearing a nun’s habit and leather sandals.
Word OriginOld English nonne, from ecclesiastical Latin nonna, feminine of nonnus ‘monk’, reinforced by Old French nonne.Definitions on the go
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