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non, zuster
a member of a female religious group that lives in a convent
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The nun devoted her life to prayer and service within the convent.
De non wijdde haar leven aan gebed en dienst binnen het klooster.
As a nun, she took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to live a life of religious devotion.
Als non legde ze geloften van armoede, kuisheid en gehoorzaamheid af om een leven van religieuze toewijding te leiden.
02
a buoy shaped roughly like a cone, used for navigation or marking channels
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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
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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
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Nun was depicted as a vast, watery abyss in Egyptian mythology.
The priests offered rituals to honor Nun.
Lexicale Boom
nunnery
nun
