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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n or n[=oo]n), noun The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n), noun The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
nun \nun\ (n[u^]n), noun [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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
nun
noun
1: a woman religious
2: a buoy resembling a cone [syn: {conical buoy}, {nun buoy}]
3: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "nun": abbess, canoness, celibataire, celibate, clergywoman, conventual, lady superior, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monk, mother superior, novice, postulant, priest, prioress, religieuse, secular canoness, single, sister, superioress, the reverend mother, unmarried
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Nun Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Nun, same as Non
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