'Nun' definitions:
Definition of 'nun'
From: WordNet
noun
A woman religious
noun
A buoy resembling a cone [syn: conical buoy, nun, nun buoy]
noun
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Definition of 'nun'
From: GCIDE
- nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n or n[=oo]n), n. The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n. [PJC]
Definition of 'nun'
From: GCIDE
- nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n), n. The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n. [PJC]
Definition of 'nun'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Nun'
From: Easton
- Nun Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).
Definition of 'Nun'
From: Hitchcock
- Nun, same as Non
Synonyms of 'nun'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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