Definitions for "nun"
A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
One of the original terms used to describe a religious woman. It is now used to refer particularly to those religious women who have embraced the contemplative* form of religious life such as the cloistered or discalced Carmelites. The ARs also have communities of cloistered contemplative nuns. The term Sister* often refers to a religious woman who has chosen a more active life style which includes some form of active apostolate.
a female living in a regular order under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
The watery abyss of chaos.
Watery void of chaos, present before the existence of the world.
(Pronounced ‘Noon'.) The primeval waters of chaos before Creation.
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.
The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.
Nun is the fourteenth letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic alphabet (in abjadi order). It is the third letter in Thaana(Þ‚)- pronounced as "noonu". Its sound value is .
The smew.
white nun or smew. See under Duck.
A kind of navigational buoy.
a buoy resembling a cone
The European blue titmouse.
A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
a haunting exploration of the impact of the past on the present
See bhikkhuni.