NUN, NUNNERY
NOUNS
► VEIL, THE. the life of a nun → 1812
NOUNS – PERSON
► BENEDICTINESS a nun of the Benedictine order → 1872
► BIGGAYNE ► BIGINE a nun → 1855 obs. (Bk.)
► DAME a female ruler, superior, or head; the superior of a nunnery, an abbess → a1225 obs.
► LADY a member of a religious community of women; a nun → c1275
► LADY PENGUINS nuns in general → 20C Aust. sl.
► MINCHEN a nun → 1000 obs.
► MOINES a nun → a1513 obs.
► MONIAL a nun, esp. one belonging to an enclosed order → c1400
► MONKESS a nun → 1602
► MOTHER a female head or superior of a religious community; formerly also a female founder of a religious order; also, a senior nun in a religious community other than the superior → c1050
► NOSEGENT a nun → 1566 sl.
► PENGUIN a nun → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SACRISTAN in a nunnery: a sister charged with a function corresponding to that of a sacrist → c1440
► SANCTIMONIAL a nun → 1513
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