nun

[US]/nʌn/
[UK]/nʌn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Sister in a religious community; a woman who has taken vows to devote her life to prayer and service to God

Phrases & Collocations

buddhist nun

Example Sentences

The nun took strait vows.

Nun tanzen die Ratten im Geklirr.

they took her for a nun and Mary said nothing to undeceive them.

the nuns walked in meditation, their habits dragging on the grassy verge.

That hymn of the angels which he had heard in the middle of the night, was the nuns chanting matins;

The old nun was as imperious as ever, but visibly thawed when she saw the children.

ATUM-RE: This is Re as he emerged out of the Nun (Primordial Sea), appointed the Ogdoad (see below) to their proper places in the Heavens, and single-handedly created all in existance.

Real-world Examples

Gee, Daisy! Maybe you ought to be a nun.

Source: Intermediate American English by Lai Shih-Hsiung (Volume 2)

Did you know killed seven nuns?

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

I can't be babysitting a deranged nun all day long.

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

She decided to be a nun in order to avoid meeting him.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

Get this right and there's a headless nun in it for you.

Source: Sherlock Holmes Detailed Explanation

I may be a Catholic, but I am so not above slapping a nun.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

Monks and nuns comprise a substantial portion of society, largely self-contained and isolated.

Source: Beautiful China

If anyone, it was that nun.

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

Fly to Africa and nail that little nun you've been drooling over. I don't care!

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

What are you, a nun? Come on, bestie, let's see some skin.

Source: The Big Bang Theory (Video Version) Season 5

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