: a woman belonging to a religious order
especially
: one under solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see Alphabet Table
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Scarlet Cheng, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
In February, Ellingham wrote about the nuns of Tyburn Convent, who live in near-silence a few minutes from Selfridges, the department store, and the permanent bustle of Oxford Street.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
The department is actually headed by Sister Simona Brambilla, the first-ever nun named as prefect of a major Holy See office.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Her performance as a nun who confronts the College of Cardinals boils down to just one scene, but that scene is crucial to the film — and so is Rossellini, making the most of her few lines.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Noun
One of the major funders of the move is the Immaculate Heart Community, the independent group formed when the nuns in Kent’s order splintered from the Catholic Church.
—Scarlet Cheng, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
In February, Ellingham wrote about the nuns of Tyburn Convent, who live in near-silence a few minutes from Selfridges, the department store, and the permanent bustle of Oxford Street.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
The department is actually headed by Sister Simona Brambilla, the first-ever nun named as prefect of a major Holy See office.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Her performance as a nun who confronts the College of Cardinals boils down to just one scene, but that scene is crucial to the film — and so is Rossellini, making the most of her few lines.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nun. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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