See also:

• NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• NONNUS (Egyptian for " saint ")

nonnus, nonna, See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar terms for an old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man or woman)  , a member of a community of See also:

• WOMEN

women, living under vows a See also:

• LIFE

life of religious observance (see See also:

• MONASTICISM (Gr. p.ovacrnabs, living alone, µ6vos)

MONASTICISM) . In ecclesiastical Latin See also:

• NONNUS (Egyptian for " saint ")

nonnus was used by the younger members of a religious community for their elders, and so, in the See also:

• REGULA

regula of St See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

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

female religious, nonnus has been replaced by monachus and its various derivatives (see See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

MONK) .