A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
Used in a Sentence
nuns
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for nuns.
Editorial note
Just like a successful company, in Bolivia they worked for and with the nuns(and people), in Haiti they worked on the nuns and people.
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Definitions4
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Quick take
A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of nuns gathered in one view.
The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets or abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
The languages of the Bamun people of western Cameroon.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for nuns.
noun
A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
noun
The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets or abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
noun
The languages of the Bamun people of western Cameroon.
noun
(by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
Example sentences
Just like a successful company, in Bolivia they worked for and with the nuns(and people), in Haiti they worked on the nuns and people.
You mean just generally behaving badly, like spitting on puppies and cussing at nuns?
Priests and Nuns take a vow of poverty, they are not spending the money on themselves.
It's what you would call nuns in the 80s who used proxy votes from pension funds to push pro-people corporate policy.
She was taught by Catholic nuns, and she had a lot of the same mannerisms.
Very observant Buddhists (chiefly monks and nuns) are not supposed to eat after midday either.
Maybe the most happiest are priests, nuns and people who dedicate their lives to others.
There was a professor at school who considered monks, nuns, the Amish, DIY punks, etc to be countercultural.
Lenin remains the biggest killer of nuns and religious people of the wold ever.
And of course many nuns do the same thing and remain staunchly conservative.
Please show me evidence that a plurality of catholic nuns want legalized abortion.
I left during some unrest and was told not to return by the nuns there for fear of my safety.
Quote examples
Apparently, the founder/CEO let the nuns come around once a year and talk to the employees about issues like their "salvation."
>> "Priests and Nuns take a vow of poverty" It depends.
I remember when I did classical studies (studying the classics in translation) Our teacher commented that as she had been taught by nuns the version of Thucydides that she had read had all the "gay" stuff taken out.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use nuns in a sentence?
Just like a successful company, in Bolivia they worked for and with the nuns(and people), in Haiti they worked on the nuns and people.
What does nuns mean?
A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
What part of speech is nuns?
nuns is commonly used as noun.