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21Nun of Watton — The Nun of Watton (born in the 1140s) was the alleged central protagonist of a drama at a Gilbertine abbey in Yorkshire, recorded by St. Ailred of Rievaulx in De Sanctimoniali de Wattun. In this story of twelfth century life, the nun in question… …
22Nun’s Priest’s Tale, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1395) One of the most widely read and admired of CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is a BEAST FABLE in which a fox tricks a cock named Chaunticleer into closing his eyes to sing in order to seize… …
23nun — nun1 nunlike, adj. /nun/, n. 1. a woman member of a religious order, esp. one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. 2. any of various birds, esp. a domestic variety of pigeon. [bef. 900; ME, OE nunne < ML nonna, fem. of nonnus monk]… …
24nun — I [[t]nʌn[/t]] n. rel a woman who is a member of a religious order, esp. one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience • Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE nunne < ML nonna, fem. of nonnus monk nun′like , adj. II nun [[t]nun, nʊn[/t]] n. ling …
25nun — /nʌn / (say nun) noun 1. a woman who has joined a religious order and leads a life of religious observance and service either in a convent or in the wider community: a Josephite nun; a Buddhist nun. 2. → white fronted chat. {Middle English and… …
26nun´like´ — nun1 «nuhn», noun. 1. a woman who gives up everything else for religion, and with other religious women lives a life of prayer and worship. Some nuns teach; others take care of the sick and the poor. 2. any one of various birds, such as the… …
27nun */ — UK [nʌn] / US noun [countable] Word forms nun : singular nun plural nuns a woman who belongs to a religious community of women and who lives in a convent See: monk …
28nun — noun /nʌn/ a) A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, in some cases in a cloister. b) By extension, member of a similar female community in other confessions Syn: sister, moniale,… …
29Nun — The female of monk. A member of a religious order or a group of women living under the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. With the dissemination of Christian ideals in the apostolic age, many widows and virgins separated themselves from… …
30monk — Synonyms and related words: Cape polecat, abbacomes, abbot, ape, ascetic, bar, beadsman, bear, brother, caloyer, cavy, celibataire, celibate, cenobite, chimp, chimpanzee, coenobite, conventual, conventual prior, coon, ferret, foumart, friar,… …
