Nun: alternatives and connections

abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find…

In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members…

The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.

One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.

An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.

One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.

The renunciation of religious or monastic vows.

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religiou…

A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

a woman's virtue or chastity

a woman's virtue or chastity

A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affair…

That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.

The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.