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nun

noun as in woman in religious order

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A thousand stories could be invented, for example, to explain the sight of a car pulled over to the side of the road, while a police officer interviews a nun.

Earlier this fall, a group of faith leaders including priests and nuns were detained after being refused admission inside to administer communion, an essential element of a Catholic’s faith life.

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They slept 20 to a room, with a nun at one end, and the door locked.

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Around a century ago, composers couldn’t get enough of lustful, visionary nuns.

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She dissented, prompting a nun to call her parents and report heretical notions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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