Monk+or+nun

  • 11nun — [nʌn] n [Date: 900 1000; : Late Latin; Origin: nonna] someone who is a member of a group of religious women that live together in a ↑convent →↑monk …

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  • 12nun — [ nʌn ] noun count * a woman who belongs to a religious community of women and who lives in a convent ─ compare MONK …

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  • 13nun — *religious, monk, friar …

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  • 14nun — [n] woman in religious order abbess, anchorite, canoness, mother superior, postulant, prioress, religious woman, sister, vestal; concept 361 Ant. monk …

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  • 15nun — ► NOUN 1) a member of a female religious community, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. 2) a pigeon of a breed with a crest on its neck. ORIGIN Latin nonna, feminine of nonnus monk …

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  • 16Monk — For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). St. Anthony the Great, considered the Father of Christian Monasticism A monk (from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, single, solitary [1]) is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or… …

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  • 17Nun — For other uses, see Nun (disambiguation). Nun in cloister, 1930; photography by Doris Ulmann A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life.[1] She may be an ascetic who volunta …

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  • 18Monk (disambiguation) — A monk is a person who practices a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle. Monk may also refer to: Contents 1 People 2 In writing 3 In e …

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  • 19Monk, Maria — ▪ American author and prostitute born June 1, 1816, probably in St. John s, Lower Canada [now Quebec, Can.] died Sept. 4, 1849, Blackwell s Island [now Roosevelt Island], New York, N.Y., U.S.       Canadian American narrator of a salacious and… …

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  • 20Monk's Music — Thelonious Monk – Monk s Music Veröffentlichung 1957 Label Riverside/OJC Format(e) LP, CD Genre(s) Jazz Anzahl der Titel 6 Laufzeit …

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