Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bluets; innocence, Houstonia cærulea.
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- noun Plural form of
nun .
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Examples
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Dolls dressed like nuns were the first playthings put into her hands; then images in nuns habits, accompanying the gift with admonitions to prize them highly, as very precious things, and with that affirmative interrogation, Beautiful, eh?
Chapter IX 1909
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Four nuns from the nearby Dhammasara Nuns Monastery took ordination: Vayama, Nirodha, Seri, and Hassapañña.
"The Halloween Monk" 2009
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I had nuns from the Hildegard monastery in Germany, and they are still very connected in their ideas and their spiritual knowledge.
Dan Lybarger: Through Hildegard's Eyes: Margarethe von Trotta on Vision Dan Lybarger 2010
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I had nuns from the Hildegard monastery in Germany, and they are still very connected in their ideas and their spiritual knowledge.
Dan Lybarger: Through Hildegard's Eyes: Margarethe von Trotta on Vision Dan Lybarger 2010
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I had nuns from the Hildegard monastery in Germany, and they are still very connected in their ideas and their spiritual knowledge.
Dan Lybarger: Through Hildegard's Eyes: Margarethe von Trotta on Vision Dan Lybarger 2010
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Four nuns from the nearby Dhammasara Nuns Monastery took ordination: Vayama, Nirodha, Seri, and Hassapañña.
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At the base of it all, there is a deep-seated concern that the Vatican wants to rein in American nuns, return them to traditional ministries and lifestyles, put them back in habits, curtail their independence and keep them from speaking out on public issues.
Maureen Fiedler: New Twists In The Vatican Investigation Of American Nuns Maureen Fiedler 2011
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I had nuns from the Hildegard monastery in Germany, and they are still very connected in their ideas and their spiritual knowledge.
Dan Lybarger: Through Hildegard's Eyes: Margarethe von Trotta on Vision Dan Lybarger 2010
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At the base of it all, there is a deep-seated concern that the Vatican wants to rein in American nuns, return them to traditional ministries and lifestyles, put them back in habits, curtail their independence and keep them from speaking out on public issues.
Maureen Fiedler: New Twists In The Vatican Investigation Of American Nuns Maureen Fiedler 2011
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I had nuns from the Hildegard monastery in Germany, and they are still very connected in their ideas and their spiritual knowledge.
Dan Lybarger: Through Hildegard's Eyes: Margarethe von Trotta on Vision Dan Lybarger 2010
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