: a woman belonging to a religious order
especially
: one under solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see Alphabet Table
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Day after day, the nuns were brought to a scaffold in the center of town, while crowds gathered to watch.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Even the mass can be officiated by a priest and not a nun.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The Home for Retired Bears, benignly administered by the musical nuns, resembles an island gentlemen’s club in early Bond movies: think cane furniture, the wistful whiff of Empire and a faintly sinister air.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Day after day, the nuns were brought to a scaffold in the center of town, while crowds gathered to watch.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Even the mass can be officiated by a priest and not a nun.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nun. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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