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Written and directed by Warwick Thornton, the Australian filmmaker behind titles like Sweet Country and Samson & Delilah, The New Boy takes place in 1940s Australia at a remote monastery with a mission for Aboriginal children run by a renegade nun, Sister Eileen (Blanchett).
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
After his death in a plane crash, Korda leaves his wealth to his only daughter Liesel, a nun (portrayed by Mia Threapleton).
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Kim Mulkey and Louisiana Tech had Immaculata with front-row nuns as archrival.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Directly inside the entrance, there’s a chapel still presided over by three nuns with details including angels that were added to the niches when the original sculptures were removed during Napoleon’s reign.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
After his death in a plane crash, Korda leaves his wealth to his only daughter Liesel, a nun (portrayed by Mia Threapleton).
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Kim Mulkey and Louisiana Tech had Immaculata with front-row nuns as archrival.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Directly inside the entrance, there’s a chapel still presided over by three nuns with details including angels that were added to the niches when the original sculptures were removed during Napoleon’s reign.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nun
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When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church.—
Moira Ritter,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2024
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That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.—
Ron Amadeo,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 2023
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Pope Francis 'dedicated himself to the service of others,' Dalai Lama says After taking a trip to Thailand in 2019, Francis welcomed a delegation of about 100 Buddhist monks from the Wat Phra Cetuphon temple in Bangkok in 2024, the Vatican News reported.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Imagination was key to the films that Hess made after Napoleon Dynamite: the soulful Nacho Libre, in which Jack Black as a novice monk and Lucha Libre fan gave a fully rounded characterization, and the ingenious fantasy-fiction parody Gentlemen Broncos.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025
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In response, the diocese said in a statement that the Holy See has acted toward healing the Arlington Carmel and the nuns in the community and not simply the former prioress and her former councilors.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2024
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Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
29 Mar. 2024
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Archaeologists excavating a massive tomb in Pompeii unearthed extremely rare, nearly life-size marble statues that shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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Francis sought to follow his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Italian friar renowned for poverty, peace, and care of creation.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
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Image Fra Angelico, the Renaissance artist and Dominican friar who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1982, may be the best known.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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And given the ease of using the phishing toolkits, even technical novices can create a legitimate-looking login page and a proxy server.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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But where one is fluent in the language of entertainment, the other now seated at the table is a novice in an industry that’s fraught with shady practices and constant change.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
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According to the news station, Rosa was traveling in a vehicle with her 10-year-old sister and their mother and father on Sunday, April 20 when their car became stranded in water.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Dear brothers and sisters, In the Lord’s Paschal Mystery, death and life contended in a stupendous struggle, but the Lord now lives forever (cf.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the medieval church, women’s roles were limited – usually some form of enclosure and celibacy, such as becoming an anchoress walled up alone for life, or a nun in a classic convent.—
Joelle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.—
Hervé Guibert,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nun. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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