nun

«nun» in Mova's school dictionary: a woman who has promised to give her life to God and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a nun, nuns)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A nun is a woman who has promised to give her life to God and lives in a religious community called a convent, following rules of prayer and work. tree →

2) (religion) Buddhist and some other religious traditions also have nuns. tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious education nuns take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience; many teach, nurse or care for poor people. Some nuns wear a long dress and a veil called a habit. In stories like «The Sound of Music», Maria starts out as a young woman preparing to be a nun. Phrases: «become a nun», «a convent of nuns», «a nun's habit», «Sister Mary» (how nuns are called).

examples

• The nuns ran a school for girls. tree →
• A nun is often called «Sister». tree →
• Mother Teresa was a nun who cared for the poor in India. tree →
• Some nuns wear a black and white habit. tree →
• The nuns pray together many times each day. tree →
• My great-aunt became a nun when she was young. tree →
• Buddhist nuns shave their heads and wear robes. tree →
• On the brow of the mountain yonder is perched, like a swallow's nest, a lonely convent of nuns. tree →

note

Countable: nuns. Homophone: «none» (not any) sounds the same. The male equivalent is a monk (or friar); the leader of a convent is an abbess or Mother Superior.

In the corpora

• Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
• And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
• save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD.
• And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
• Nun his son, Joshua his son.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nun» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.