Nun
noun
A female member of a religious community, usually one who lives in a convent.
Her aunt is a nun who lives in a monastery in the mountains.
Often appears as...
- becoming a nun
- convent of nuns
noun
In ancient Egypt, nun was the water that existed before the creation of the world, often associated with chaos.
In the creation myth, it is said that the world emerged from the ancient waters of Nun.
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Academic
noun
In the Hebrew alphabet, Nun is the fourteenth letter.
The letter Nun in the Hebrew alphabet has a numerical value of fifty.
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Academic
noun
A female member of a religious community, usually one who lives in a convent.
Her aunt is a nun who lives in a monastery in the mountains.
Often appears as...
- becoming a nun
- convent of nuns
noun
In ancient Egypt, nun was the water that existed before the creation of the world, often associated with chaos.
In the creation myth, it is said that the world emerged from the ancient waters of Nun.
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In the Hebrew alphabet, Nun is the fourteenth letter.
The letter Nun in the Hebrew alphabet has a numerical value of fifty.
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Lifestyle
Understand that a nun dedicates her life to religious service, often living separately from society.
She admired the devotion of the nuns at the convent.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Portrayal
Nuns are often portrayed in media as strict or kind, shaping how we might perceive them.
The movie depicted the head nun as a stern disciplinarian.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Catholic
While commonly associated with Catholicism, nuns exist in other religious contexts too.
She joined a community of Buddhist nuns.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Lifestyle
Understand that a nun dedicates her life to religious service, often living separately from society.
She admired the devotion of the nuns at the convent.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Portrayal
Nuns are often portrayed in media as strict or kind, shaping how we might perceive them.
The movie depicted the head nun as a stern disciplinarian.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Catholic
While commonly associated with Catholicism, nuns exist in other religious contexts too.
She joined a community of Buddhist nuns.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Lifestyle
Understand that a nun dedicates her life to religious service, often living separately from society.
She admired the devotion of the nuns at the convent.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Portrayal
Nuns are often portrayed in media as strict or kind, shaping how we might perceive them.
The movie depicted the head nun as a stern disciplinarian.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Catholic
While commonly associated with Catholicism, nuns exist in other religious contexts too.
She joined a community of Buddhist nuns.
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Let's put birth control...
because they know that I'm doing it and I plan to send it to them. And, you know, the nuns who taught me were incredibly progressive. I hope that they'll be very proud of me for living out what they taught us about social justice and service. I have come to feel incredibly passionate about this issue because of what I've seen in the developing world.
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Dean Ornish: Healing...
our nature is to be peaceful, our nature is to be healthy. And so happiness is not something you get, health is generally not something that you get, but rather, all of these different practices -- you know, the ancient swamis and rabbis and priests and monks and nuns didn't develop these techniques to just manage stress
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My 5 lives as an artist...
I was sent straight away to my school principal, and my school principal, a sweet nun, looked at my book with disgust, flipped through the pages, saw all the nudes -- you know, I'd been seeing my mother draw nudes and I'd copy her -- and the nun slapped me on my face and said,
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My failed mission to...
can hold ownership or knowledge of absolute truth, even when it comes to religious beliefs. Good luck testing that concept out on the priests and nuns in your Catholic school. No wonder I was confused and hyperaware of how different I was from my peers.
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Why you should love...
that are still used to help women get pregnant today, though now, they can be synthesized in a lab, and gallons of pee aren't necessary. So why am I standing up here, telling this wonderfully intellectual audience about nun pee?
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Amelia Earhart Part I:...
japanese-controlled saipan she was imprisoned then smuggled back to the u.s disguised as a nun and if that weren't enough as a final twist she settled down to live at her life in monroe township new jersey as a housewife
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Lemn Sissay: A child of...
to get the woman at her most vulnerable time in her entire life, to sign the adoption papers. So the adoption papers were signed. The mother and baby's homes were often run by nuns. The adoption papers were signed,
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Reef People! PIPE Tales of...
the statues making the world's weirdest reef the bodies were modeled after real people a nun a carpenter a yoga instructor an accountant and hundreds more talk about sleeping with the fishes
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Let's put birth control...
ursuline academy the nuns maid service and social justice a high priority in the school and today in the Foundation's work I believe I'm applying the lessons
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Expanding our definition...
do anything at all without a proper education the whole earth and a prison little breaks a nun tear down a ball
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Let's put birth control...
because they know that I'm doing it and I plan to send it to them. And, you know, the nuns who taught me were incredibly progressive. I hope that they'll be very proud of me for living out what they taught us about social justice and service. I have come to feel incredibly passionate about this issue because of what I've seen in the developing world.
Video examples
Dean Ornish: Healing...
our nature is to be peaceful, our nature is to be healthy. And so happiness is not something you get, health is generally not something that you get, but rather, all of these different practices -- you know, the ancient swamis and rabbis and priests and monks and nuns didn't develop these techniques to just manage stress
Video examples
My 5 lives as an artist...
I was sent straight away to my school principal, and my school principal, a sweet nun, looked at my book with disgust, flipped through the pages, saw all the nudes -- you know, I'd been seeing my mother draw nudes and I'd copy her -- and the nun slapped me on my face and said,
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My failed mission to...
can hold ownership or knowledge of absolute truth, even when it comes to religious beliefs. Good luck testing that concept out on the priests and nuns in your Catholic school. No wonder I was confused and hyperaware of how different I was from my peers.
Video examples
Why you should love...
that are still used to help women get pregnant today, though now, they can be synthesized in a lab, and gallons of pee aren't necessary. So why am I standing up here, telling this wonderfully intellectual audience about nun pee?
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part I:...
japanese-controlled saipan she was imprisoned then smuggled back to the u.s disguised as a nun and if that weren't enough as a final twist she settled down to live at her life in monroe township new jersey as a housewife
Video examples
Lemn Sissay: A child of...
to get the woman at her most vulnerable time in her entire life, to sign the adoption papers. So the adoption papers were signed. The mother and baby's homes were often run by nuns. The adoption papers were signed,
Video examples
Reef People! PIPE Tales of...
the statues making the world's weirdest reef the bodies were modeled after real people a nun a carpenter a yoga instructor an accountant and hundreds more talk about sleeping with the fishes
Video examples
Let's put birth control...
ursuline academy the nuns maid service and social justice a high priority in the school and today in the Foundation's work I believe I'm applying the lessons
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Expanding our definition...
do anything at all without a proper education the whole earth and a prison little breaks a nun tear down a ball
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.
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Olivia Hussey
British Actress
When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And then one day my mother said, 'Why don't you just become an actress, and then you can pretend you're a nun.
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Leo Buscaglia
American Author
I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread.
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Bruce Springsteen
American Musician
In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.
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Ann Dowd
American Actress
It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was not what I had at all. They were very, very smart, devoted individuals.
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Vera Wang
American Designer
I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
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Emilia Wickstead
New Zealander Designer
I attended speech and drama classes with a nun to help me gain confidence in speaking without my face turning red each time.
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Gabrielle Reece
Athlete
I don't have a life, I really don't. I'm as close to a nun as you can be without the little hat. I'm a golf nun.
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Brandy Norwood
American Musician
I'll be a nun, raise my daughter, and make albums.
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.
Quote examples
Olivia Hussey
British Actress
When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And then one day my mother said, 'Why don't you just become an actress, and then you can pretend you're a nun.
Quote examples
Leo Buscaglia
American Author
I've spoken in every state in the union, meeting and hugging the people who later bought my books. I spoke to anybody who wanted to hear me, including 1,000 nuns who could pay me only with homemade bread.
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Bruce Springsteen
American Musician
In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.
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Ann Dowd
American Actress
It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was not what I had at all. They were very, very smart, devoted individuals.
Quote examples
Vera Wang
American Designer
I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.
Quote examples
Emilia Wickstead
New Zealander Designer
I attended speech and drama classes with a nun to help me gain confidence in speaking without my face turning red each time.
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Gabrielle Reece
Athlete
I don't have a life, I really don't. I'm as close to a nun as you can be without the little hat. I'm a golf nun.
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Brandy Norwood
American Musician
I'll be a nun, raise my daughter, and make albums.
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