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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nun
    n 1: a woman religious
    2: a buoy resembling a cone [syn: conical buoy, nun, nun
       buoy]
    3: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n), n.
   The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in
   pronunciation to n.
   [PJC]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nun \nun\ (n[u^]n), n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun,
   nonnus monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. Nunnery.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a
      convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and
      obedience.
      [1913 Webster]

            They holy time is quiet as a nun
            Breathless with adoration.            --Wordsworth.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.)
      (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of
          feathers covering the head.
      (b) The smew.
      (c) The European blue titmouse.
          [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n or n[=oo]n), n.
   The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in
   pronunciation to n.
   [PJC]
5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Nun
   Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is
   known of him (Ex. 33:11).
6. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Nun, same as Non
Thesaurus Results for nun:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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