: a woman belonging to a religious order
especially
: one under solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet see Alphabet Table
Examples of nun in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2024
Michael Buckner/Getty Images MIHA Earlier this year, Sydney Sweeney produced and starred in Immaculate, playing a young nun named Sister Cecilia who falls, miraculously, pregnant.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 July 2024
In early January, the mission was caught in the crossfire again and rooms in the nuns’ residence were set ablaze.
—Maggie Michael, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2024
Groff reimagines the real-life 12th-century mystic poet Marie de France into a nun who, bit by bit, transforms her impoverished abbey into a feminist utopia.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for nun 
Noun
Later, armed with a caddy of cleaning sprays (and maybe some holy water?), the nun demands that the monster return the relic.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2024
Michael Buckner/Getty Images MIHA Earlier this year, Sydney Sweeney produced and starred in Immaculate, playing a young nun named Sister Cecilia who falls, miraculously, pregnant.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 July 2024
In early January, the mission was caught in the crossfire again and rooms in the nuns’ residence were set ablaze.
—Maggie Michael, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2024
Groff reimagines the real-life 12th-century mystic poet Marie de France into a nun who, bit by bit, transforms her impoverished abbey into a feminist utopia.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for nun
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'nun.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to nun
Dictionary Entries Near nun
Cite this Entry
“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nun. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share