nun
/nʌn/ noun B2- A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.
- A member of a similar female community in other confessions. · a Buddhist nun
- A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
Plural nuns
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The day after the event, she decided on leaving Paris with a nun of her acquaintance; they are gone to seek a very strict convent in Italy or Spain.”
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