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nun1

[nuhn] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	a woman member of a religious order, esp. one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

2.	any of various birds, esp. a domestic variety of pigeon.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE nunne < ML nonna, fem. of nonnus monk

]

—Related forms

nunlike, adjective

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nun2

[noon, noo

n] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2.	the consonant sound represented by this letter.

[Origin: 1875–80; < Heb nūn lit., fish

]

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nūn

[noo

n] Pronunciation Key

–noun

the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

[Origin: < Ar; see nun², nu¹

]

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Nun

[noon] Pronunciation Key

–noun

the major channel of the Niger River, in W Africa.

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Nun

[noon] Pronunciation Key

–noun Egyptian Religion.

Nunu.

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nun¹ (nŭn) Pronunciation Key
n. A woman who belongs to a religious order or congregation devoted to active service or meditation, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

[Middle English, from Old English nunne and from Old French nonne, both from Late Latin nonna, feminine of nonnus, tutor, monk.]

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nun² (nŏŏn) Pronunciation Key
n. The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Mishnaic Hebrew nûn, of Phoenician origin; see nwn in Semitic roots.]

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O.E. nunne, from L.L. nonna "nun, tutor," originally (along with masc. nonnus) a term of address to elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana (cf. Skt. nona, Pers. nana "mother," Gk. nanna "aunt," Serbo-Cr. nena "mother," It. nonna, Welsh nain "grandmother;" see nanny). Nunnery, c.1275, originally meant "nunhood." Sense of "house of ill-fame" is first recorded 1593.

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nun
noun
1.	a woman religious
2.	a buoy resembling a cone [syn: conical buoy]
3.	the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

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nun

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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Nun

Nun\, n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. Nunnery.]

1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. --Wordsworth.

2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. (b) The smew. (c) The European blue titmouse.

Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal.

Nun buoy. See under Buoy.

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Nun

Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).

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Nun

Nun, same as Non

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