nun : Idioms & Phrases

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Augustinian nuns

  • an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine.
Webster 1913

Capuchin nun

  • one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.
Webster 1913

Dominican nuns

  • an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching.
Webster 1913

Gray nuns

  • (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal.
Webster 1913

Nun buoy

  • noun a buoy resembling a cone
    nun; conical buoy.
WordNet
  • . See under Buoy.
Webster 1913

nun's habit

  • noun a long loose habit worn by nuns in a convent
WordNet

White nun

  • (Zoöl.), the smew; so called from the white crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its head, which give the appearance of a hood.
Webster 1913