Monk+or+nun
31nun — Synonyms and related words: abbess, canoness, celibataire, celibate, clergywoman, conventual, lady superior, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monk, mother superior, novice, postulant, priest, prioress, religieuse, secular canoness, single,… …
32nun — 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. Derivatives nunlike adjective nunnish adjective Origin OE nonne, from eccles.… …
33monk — noun (C) a member of an all male religious group that lives apart from other people in a monastery compare nun monkish adjective: a monkish silence …
34nun — noun (C) a member of an all female religious group who live together in a convent compare monk …
35monk — [mʌŋk] noun [C] a man who lives in a religious community away from other people • See: nun …
36nun — [nʌn] noun [C] a woman who belongs to a religious community of women See: monk …
37nun — n. a member of a community of women living apart under religious vows. Derivatives: nunhood n. nunlike adj. nunnish adj. Etymology: ME f. OE nunne and OF nonne f. eccl.L nonna fem. of nonnus monk, orig. a title given to an elderly person …
38Thelonious Monk — 1947 Thelonious Sphere Monk (* 10. Oktober 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; † 17. Februar 1982 in Wee …
39Thelonious Sphere Monk — Thelonious Monk bei der Expo 1967 in Montréal Thelonious Sphere Monk (* 10. Oktober 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; † 17. Februar 1982 in Weehawken, New Jersey) war ein US afroamerikanischer …
40Maria Monk — A fictionalized engraving of Maria Monk, in a nun s habit, holding a baby. Maria Monk (June 27, 1816 – summer of 1849) was a Canadian woman who claimed to have been a nun who had been sexually exploited in her convent. She, or ghost writers who… …
