: a woman belonging to a religious order
especially
: one under solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see Alphabet Table
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Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
There were ultimately 21 different financiers for the long-gestating project, set in 1970s New Zealand and starring Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver and Miriam Margolyes as three offbeat nuns who help a young boy retrieve his late mother from heaven before his father’s new girlfriend takes her place.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
The nun stepped aside and ushered the pair into the parlor, where Junior Sister was already at work starting a fire.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
As the world outside begins to resemble the full-moon mating frenzy of the opalescent squid, crack open Sylvia Townsend Warner’s 1948 novel about nuns eking out an existence in a 14th-century convent and one night of celibacy might not seem so bad.
—Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The hospice is small and modest, run by a group of French nuns, built in 1827 as a respite for weary pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem.
—Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
There were ultimately 21 different financiers for the long-gestating project, set in 1970s New Zealand and starring Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver and Miriam Margolyes as three offbeat nuns who help a young boy retrieve his late mother from heaven before his father’s new girlfriend takes her place.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
The nun stepped aside and ushered the pair into the parlor, where Junior Sister was already at work starting a fire.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
As the world outside begins to resemble the full-moon mating frenzy of the opalescent squid, crack open Sylvia Townsend Warner’s 1948 novel about nuns eking out an existence in a 14th-century convent and one night of celibacy might not seem so bad.
—Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nun. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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