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Specifically, Bill becomes increasingly aware of young girls being held and abused by the nuns of his convent, led by a sinister mother superior, Sister Mary (played with dark-eyed, cold-hearted terror by Emily Watson).
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
Every year the school selects an alum for its Who Will Tell the Story Award, which honors a woman who embodies the school's founding nuns' principles of stewardship and serving as luminaries of the world.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
Sister Megan, played by Micaela Diamond, was a nun.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Instead, Amy Adams, whose performance as a meek nun in Doubt was her second Oscar nomination after Junebug, reaps that windfall and wins her Oscar nice and early in her career.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
Every year the school selects an alum for its Who Will Tell the Story Award, which honors a woman who embodies the school's founding nuns' principles of stewardship and serving as luminaries of the world.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
Sister Megan, played by Micaela Diamond, was a nun.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Instead, Amy Adams, whose performance as a meek nun in Doubt was her second Oscar nomination after Junebug, reaps that windfall and wins her Oscar nice and early in her career.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nun
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When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church.Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
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That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
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In instances like these, the best thing to do is follow the advice of a Zen monk named Paul Loomans and befriend what scares you, which Burkeman references in his book.Renée Onque, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
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The book was written in response to the August 2008 assassination of Hindu monk Lakshmanananda Saraswati, also known as the Hindu Swami.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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In response, the diocese said in a statement that the Holy See has acted toward healing the Arlington Carmel and the nuns in the community and not simply the former prioress and her former councilors.Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
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Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey.Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2024
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Kinvara, that red priestess who popped up in Myrene on Game of Thrones season 6, will be so happy that she's now vindicated in her claims.Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
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Legend has it that Apollo prevented his muse priestess from brewing, imbibing or smoking laurel leaves, which have a mild narcotic property.Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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All the stops on this tour are locations administered by the Dominican friars.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a Catholic religious order of Franciscan friars, was founded in Italy.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Sheehy has been a staunch supporter of former President Trump and made that central to his campaign as a political novice.The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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John Mayer, a relative Dead novice at the time, took on the difficult role of fronting Dead & Company alongside guitarist Bob Weir, drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, bassist Oteil Burbridge, and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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The result is Alphonse Island – and its uninhabited sisters, St. François and Bijoutier – are sites of endless summer.Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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In the early 1980s, Tom Glazer took over, along with his sister Carol, growing relationships with key department stores.Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
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Some of the spotlighted individuals, like St. Catherine of Siena and English anchoress Julian of Norwich, were celebrated in their day as visionaries, while others, including Kempe and Joan of Arc, were persecuted as heretics.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nun. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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