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Nun
/nʌn/
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (specifically) those living together in a cloister.
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noun
- 1
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (specifically) those living together in a cloister.
- 2
(by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
- 3
A prostitute.
- 4
A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
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