nunnoun [ C ]
uk/nʌn/us/nʌn/a member of a female religious group that lives in a convent:
a convent school run by Catholic nuns
More examples
- She decided to become a nun.
- All the nuns live in this convent.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Religious people: monks & nuns
- abbess
- abbey
- abbot
- anchorite
- ascetic
- benedictine
- flagellant
- Franciscan
- friar
- friary
- habit
- hermit
- monasticism
- monk
- mother
- novice
- nunnery
- sister
- Trappist monk
- veil
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