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| nun [ nun ] (plural nuns) |
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1. religious woman: a member of a religious community of women who dedicate their lives to religious devotion and undertake not to marry
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2. kind of pigeon: a variety of domestic pigeon with black-and-white feathers all over and a ring of white feathers around its neck and head resembling a nun's headdress
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| [Pre-12th century. Via Old French nonne< ecclesiastical Latin nonna< nonnus "old man, monk"] |
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