: a woman belonging to a religious order
especially
: one under solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see Alphabet Table
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Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The French consulate in Jerusalem said the victim was a nun from the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Police video showed the nun bruised and the attacker wearing tzitzit, a fringed undergarment worn by some observant Jewish men.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Throughout much of Buddhist history, and particularly in Theravada Buddhist contexts, mindfulness and its associated meditation methods have been the purview of mendicants (monks and nuns), who used mindfulness meditation to achieve trance states (jhana) leading to nirvana.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The pair was accompanied by another friend and Zuklic’s wife, who was decked out in a nun costume to pay her own homage to the film.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The French consulate in Jerusalem said the victim was a nun from the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Police video showed the nun bruised and the attacker wearing tzitzit, a fringed undergarment worn by some observant Jewish men.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Throughout much of Buddhist history, and particularly in Theravada Buddhist contexts, mindfulness and its associated meditation methods have been the purview of mendicants (monks and nuns), who used mindfulness meditation to achieve trance states (jhana) leading to nirvana.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nun. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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