NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from

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• LAT

Lat.

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• NONNUS (Egyptian for " saint ")

nonnus, nonna,

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

familiar terms for an old

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• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man or woman)  , a member of a community of women, living under vows a life of religious observance (see MONASTICISM) . In ecclesiastical Latin nonnus was used by the younger members of a religious community for their elders, and so, in the regula of St 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 While nonna has remained as the generic name of a female religious, nonnus has been replaced by monachus and its various derivatives (see MONK) .