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nun noun[ C ] uk /nʌn/ us /nʌn/ a member of a female religious group that lives in a convent: 修女 a convent school run by Catholic nuns天主教修女开办的女修道院学校 Compare
monk She decided to become a nun. All the nuns live in this convent. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Religious people: monks & nuns abbess abbey abbot anchorite ascetic benedictine Franciscan friar friary habit hermit lay brother monastic monastically monasticism monk mother priory Trappist monk veil
nun | American Dictionary nun noun[ C ] us/nʌn/ a member of a female religious group whose members promise to obey the orders of the leader of the group, to be poor, and not to marry |