Nun

  1. Proper noun.  (biblical character, otherwise) (given name, male) .
  2. Noun.  A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, in some cases living together in a cloister.
  3. Noun.  By extension, member of a similar female community in other confessions.
  4. Noun.  The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

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