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Nun
01
religieuse, sœur
a member of a female religious group that lives in a convent
Exemples
The nun devoted her life to prayer and service within the convent.
La religieuse a consacré sa vie à la prière et au service au sein du couvent.
As a nun, she took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to live a life of religious devotion.
En tant que religieuse, elle a prononcé des vœux de pauvreté, de chasteté et d'obéissance pour vivre une vie de dévotion religieuse.
02
a buoy shaped roughly like a cone, used for navigation or marking channels
Exemples
The boat passed carefully between two nuns in the harbor.
Mariners rely on nuns to mark safe passages.
03
the fourteenth character in the Hebrew alphabet
Exemples
The Hebrew word for faith begins with the letter nun.
He practiced writing the nun in calligraphy.
04
the Egyptian deity representing the primeval waters believed to exist before creation, considered the source of all life
Exemples
Nun was depicted as a vast, watery abyss in Egyptian mythology.
The priests offered rituals to honor Nun.
Arbre Lexical
nunnery
nun
