Nun
01
nunna, syster
a member of a female religious group that lives in a convent
Exempel
The nun devoted her life to prayer and service within the convent.
Nunnan ägnade sitt liv åt bön och tjänst inom klostret.
As a nun, she took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to live a life of religious devotion.
Som nunna tog hon löften om fattigdom, kyskhet och lydnad för att leva ett liv i religiös hängivenhet.
02
a buoy shaped roughly like a cone, used for navigation or marking channels
Exempel
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
Exempel
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
Exempel
Nun was depicted as a vast, watery abyss in Egyptian mythology.
The priests offered rituals to honor Nun.
Lexikalt Träd
nunnery
nun
