NUNS

Meaning of NUNS in English

() Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa Ball, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching girls.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

NUNS — plural of nun present third singular of nun
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NUNS — Монахини
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NUNS — Монашка
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NUNS — Монахиня
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NUNS — Инокиня
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NUNS — бот. хоустония голубая (Houstonia caerulea)
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NUNS — бот. хоустония голубая ( Houstonia caerulea )
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NUNS — Монахини
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LORETTO NUNS — add. ·- members of a congregation of nuns founded by mrs. mary teresa ball, near dublin, ireland, in 1822, and …
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URSULINE — I. -lə̇n, -ˌlīn, -ˌlēn noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: New Latin Ursulina, from Ursula St. Ursula 3d …
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CONVENT — I. ˈkänvənt, -ˌvent noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin & Latin conventus ) of earlier covent, …
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NUNNERY — ˈnən(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English nunnerie, from nun (I) + -erie -ery 1. : an establishment …
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ABBESS — (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns …
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ABBESS — ( n. ) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONVENT — /kon"vent, -veuhnt/ , n. 1. a community of persons devoted to religious life under a superior. 2. a society or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONVENT — n. group of nuns; home for nuns
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URSULINE — adj of or pertaining to st. ursula, or the order of ursulines; as, the ursuline nuns. 2. ursuline ·noun one …
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LORETTINE — add. ·noun a loreto nun. 2. lorettine ·noun one of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at loretto, in …
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ABBESS — noun a female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns …
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MONASTICISM — an institutionalized religious movement whose members attempt to practice works that are above and beyond those required of both the …
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BRAHMACHARYA — Sanskrit Brahmacarya (holy life), in Buddhism, strictly, the practice of sexual chastity; more generally, the term denotes the endeavour by …
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ABBESS — the title of a superior of certain communities of nuns following the Benedictine Rule, of convents of the Second Order …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1999: RELIGION
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TERESA, MOTHER — baptized Aug. 27, 1910, Shkup, Albania, Ottoman Empire [now Skopje, Macedonia] died Sept. 5, 1997, Calcutta, India Mother Teresa at …
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PORT-ROYAL — in full Port-royal Des Champs, celebrated abbey of Cistercian nuns that was the centre of Jansenism and of literary activity …
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MARY OF THE INCARNATION — born Feb. 26, 1566, Paris died April 18, 1618, Pontoise, Fr. original name Barbe-jeanne Avrillot, Mme Acarie mystic whose activity …
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LALOR, MOTHER TERESA — born c. 1766, Ireland died Sept. 9, 1846, Washington, D.C., U.S. original name Alice Lalor Irish-born American religious leader who …
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CARMELITE — member of one of the four great mendicant orders (those orders whose corporate as well as personal poverty made it …
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ARNAULD FAMILY — French family of the lesser nobility that came to Paris from Auvergne in the 16th century and is chiefly remembered …
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NUN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE catholic ▪ Objections have arisen to Catholic nuns teaching in religious garb. old ▪ …
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