nun

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
    

nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n or n[=oo]n), n.
   The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in
   pronunciation to n.
   [PJC]
    

nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n), n.
   The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in
   pronunciation to n.
   [PJC]
    

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.
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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.
          [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]
    

Nun
Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is
known of him (Ex. 33:11).
    

Nun, same as Non
    

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