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NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus,...

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from See also:Lat. See also:nonnus, nonna, See also:familiar terms for an old See also:man or woman)  , a member of a community of See also:women, living under vows a See also:life of religious observance (see See also:MONASTICISM) . In ecclesiastical Latin See also:nonnus was used by the younger members of a religious community for their elders, and so, in the See also:regula of St See also:Benedict, cap . 62, Juniores autem Priores suos nonnos vocant quod intelligitur paterna reverentia (Du Cange, Glossarium, s.v. nonnus) . While nonna has remained as the generic name of a See also:female religious, nonnus has been replaced by monachus and its various derivatives (see See also:MONK) .

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