NUN

[Chaldean] "The son". In Chaldea is either Nin or Non. Same as Ninus. The feminine form of Non, "a son", is Nonna, "a daughter"; which is the Popish canonical name for a Nun, and Nonnus in like manner was in early times the designation for a monk in the East.

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Nun. Nun
Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).

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Nun. same as Non

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nun. Nun, n. a religious recluse woman, a small bird

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Nun (nŭn), n. [[OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. �, �; of unknown origin. Cf. Nunnery.]] 1. 1. 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 nun Breathless with adoration. Wordsworth. 2. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. (b) The smew. (c) The European blue titmouse.
Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; — so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal. — Nun buoy. See under Buoy.