Christian Church. A female member of a religious order, typically bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; spec. one belonging to an…
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| 释义 | society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun] (42) nuneOE Christian Church. A female member of a religious order, typically bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; spec. one belonging to an… sistereOE A female member of a religious order, society, sisterhood, or guild; spec. a nun. Also as a form of address. minchenOE A nun. Occasionally in extended use: a female devotee, a religieuse. In later use historical. nun-sisterOE Appositive, as nun-novice, nun-portress, nun-princess, nun-sister, etc. spousea1200 figurative. The Church, or a person (esp. a member of a female religious order) or soul, regarded as being symbolically married to God or Christ. ladyc1275 A member of a religious community of women; a nun. religious1340 A person bound by religious vows or devoted to a religious life, esp. in the Roman Catholic Church. clergess1393 A member of a female religious order. homely womana1400 a nun; (also) a female domestic servant. monialc1400 Christian Church. A nun, esp. one belonging to an enclosed order. moinesa1513 A nun. sanctimoniala1513 A nun. vowess1533 A woman who makes a vow of devotion to a religious life; a nun. nosegent1567 A nun. votaress1589 A female votary (in various senses of the noun), esp. a woman who has dedicated herself to religious service, or to the worship of a particular… votress1597 A female votary (in various senses of the noun), esp. a woman who has dedicated herself to religious service, or to the worship of a particular… monkess1602 A nun. White Lady1606 A female member of any of various religious orders distinguished by the wearing of a white habit; spec. a Cistercian nun; (also occasionally) an… cloistressa1616 A female tenant of a cloister, a nun. sanctimony1630 Apparently misused for sanctimonial, n. religiosea1657 A person bound by religious vows; a religieux or religieuse. clergywoman1673 A woman belonging to a religious order; a nun; a priestess; = clergess, n. 2. Obsolete. religieuse1682 A woman bound by religious vows, or devoted to a religious life; a nun. Cf. religieux, n. religioso1708 = religious, n. 2. vestal1717 A virgin; a chaste woman; a nun. Subcategories:— Japanese Buddhist (1) — professed for choir duty (2) — resident in convent (2) — collectively (2) — condition of being (9) — that has renounced (1) |
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