1.
2.
[syn: conical buoy, nun, nun buoy]
3. the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet;
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]
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.
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They holy time is quiet as a nun
Breathless with adoration. --Wordsworth.
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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.
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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.
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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]
WordNet (r) 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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
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).
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Nun, same as Non