Nun

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n or n[=oo]n), n.
     The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in
     pronunciation to n.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n), n.
     The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in
     pronunciation to n.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nun \nun\ (n[u^]n), n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun,
     nonnus monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. {Nunnery}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a
        convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and
        obedience.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They holy time is quiet as a nun
              Breathless with adoration.            --Wordsworth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.)
        (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of
            feathers covering the head.
        (b) The smew.
        (c) The European blue titmouse.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     {Gray nuns} (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order
        established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were
        introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called
        from the color or their robe, and known in religion as
        {Sisters of Charity of Montreal}.
  
     {Nun buoy}. See under {Buoy}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nun
       n 1: a woman religious
       2: a buoy resembling a cone [syn: {conical buoy}, {nun buoy}]
       3: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "nun":
     abbess, canoness, celibataire, celibate, clergywoman, conventual,
     lady superior, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monk,
     mother superior, novice, postulant, priest, prioress, religieuse,
     secular canoness, single, sister, superioress, the reverend mother,
     unmarried
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Nun
     Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is
     known of him (Ex. 33:11).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Nun, same as Non