Nun vs. Prioress — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nun and Prioress
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Nun
A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery. Communities of nuns exist in numerous religious traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, and Taoism.
Prioress
A nun in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbess of an abbey.
Nun
A member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Prioress
A nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.
Nun
Any of a number of birds whose plumage resembles a nun's habit, especially an Asian mannikin.
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Prioress
A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.
Nun
A woman who belongs to a religious order or congregation devoted to active service or meditation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Prioress
The superior of a group of nuns
Nun
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. See Table at alphabet.
Nun
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, those living together in a cloister.
Nun
(by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
A Buddhist nun
Nun
A prostitute.
Nun
A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
Nun
The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Nun
A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
They holy time is quiet as a nunBreathless with adoration.
Nun
A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.
Nun
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.
Nun
The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n.
Nun
A woman religious
Nun
A buoy resembling a cone
Nun
The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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