| Nun 1. (n.) A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. 2. (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. 3. (n.) The smew. 4. (n.) The European blue titmouse. Thesaurus Entries abbess, canoness, celibataire, celibate, clergywoman, conventual, lady superior, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monk, mother superior, novice, postulant, priest, prioress, religieuse, secular canoness, single, sister, superioress, the reverend mother, unmarried |