Definition of nun

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

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Nonne :: Nonne (n.) A nun.
Abnegation :: Abnegation (n.) a denial; a renunciation.
Nuncupatory :: Nuncupatory (a.) Nuncupative; oral.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)..
Abbess :: Abbess (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey..
Waterflood :: Waterflood (n.) A flood of water; an inundation.
Inundation :: Inundation (n.) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists..
Pronunciative :: Pronunciative (a.) Of or pertaining to pronunciation.
Enunciation :: Enunciation (n.) Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation..
Prophoric :: Prophoric (a.) Enunciative.
Lorettine :: Lorettine (n.) One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States..
Nunchion :: Nunchion (v. i.) A portion of food taken at or after noon, usually between full meals; a luncheon..
Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Annunciative :: Annunciative (a.) Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
Orthoepical :: Orthoepical (a.) Of or pertaining to orthoepy, or correct pronunciation..
Fulminating :: Fulminating (a.) Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures..
Thunder :: Thunder (n.) An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
Pronunciative :: Pronunciative (a.) Uttering confidently; dogmatical.
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. i.) To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly..
Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
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