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Nun

A woman who is a full member of a religious order. The term may be seen as the female equivalent of a monk. The term may be distinguished from a “sister,” who is a member of a religious order with an active or mixed expression of community life. See Monastic.

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Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from “An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians,” Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.