: 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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Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
So how are these schools keeping their religious identity with fewer nuns, a traditional cornerstone of Catholic education?
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
During this period, the residence was handed over to a group of Benedictine nuns of the Diocese of Oria, who turned the estate into an olive farm and dairy.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025
The nuns continued visiting, and many of the inmates have now become devoted Catholics.
—Daniel Zalewski, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Noun
But for some hundred years, groups of ladies of the night took vows and lived as nuns there, controlling the affairs of their own convent with an iron fist.
—Joelle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
So how are these schools keeping their religious identity with fewer nuns, a traditional cornerstone of Catholic education?
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
During this period, the residence was handed over to a group of Benedictine nuns of the Diocese of Oria, who turned the estate into an olive farm and dairy.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025
The nuns continued visiting, and many of the inmates have now become devoted Catholics.
—Daniel Zalewski, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nun. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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