ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NUN
Old English nunne, from Church Latin nonna, from Late Latin: form of address used for an elderly woman.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUN»
The term «nun» is very widely used and occupies the
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English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «NUN»
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nun.
I'm trying to take more nothing time - and that means sacrificing doing. It's partly to do with age, partly to do with the fact that writing takes up a lot of space in your head. My ideal is to go back to when I was a child. My life is quieter than it used to be. More and more I don't really want to talk to people. I'd make a good nun, actually.
If I could have gotten my way at an early age, I would have entered the priesthood, but my mother informed me that I could not become a priest because I was a girl. It really was the biggest blow to my ego, because it was my calling. When she told me I'd have to be a nun, I looked at her and said, 'I'm not following anyone.'
I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness.
I'd have made a terrible nun.
I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad.
Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is.
Back when I was 8 or 9 and wanted to be a nun, I would often stop at church on my way home from school.
I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun.
People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.
As a child I wanted to be a ballerina, ice-cream van owner, wife of George Michael, a nun, and a music conductor.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUN»
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nun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The sequel to Faulkner’s most sensational novel Sanctuary, was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years after the events related in Sanctuary.
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Aging with Grace: What the
Nun Study Teaches Us About ...
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Being a Buddhist
Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the ...
A richly textured picture of the little known culture of a Buddhist nunnery, the book offers moving narratives of nuns struggling with the Buddhist discipline of detachment.
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The Journey of One Buddhist
Nun: Even Against the Wind
Recounts the struggles of a young Thai woman to become a Buddhist nun and the challenges and rewards of that life.
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Lieutenant
Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World
Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World Translated by Michele Stepto and Gabriel Stepto Foreword by Marjorie Garber The memoir of a 16th century Basque woman who escaped a convent dressed as a boy became a soldier in the Spanish ...
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Island of the Sequined Love
Nun: A Novel
Here is a brazen, ingenious, irreverent, and wickedly funny novel from a modern master of the outrageous.
A sinisterly funny modern-day Through the Looking Glass that begins with cyanide poisoning and ends in strawberry ice cream. "My story, the story of 'how I became a nun,' began very early in my life; I had just turned six.
Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents to enter a convent and take holy orders.
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Healing: A Woman's Journey from Doctor to
Nun
This extraordinary story takes the reader from the rice fields of Vietnam to the peaceful surrounding of Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in Plum Village.
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The Lieutenant
Nun: Transgenderism, Lesbian Desire, and ...
"This book is an exciting, well-organized overview of the evolution of a cultural icon: the nun-ensign Catalina de Erauso.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUN»
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nun is used in the context of the following news items.
Close shave for teens trapped on Nun's Beach by surging tide
The pair were with four friends on the relatively inaccessible Nun's Beach on Saturday afternoon when they found themselves cut off from the ... «The Kerryman, Jul 15»
Nun's tale captures the paradoxes of India's love affair with religion
Christian organizations in India say Hindu extremists routinely destroy Christian buildings and prayer rooms and threaten Catholic religious ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Jul 15»
Dogsledding Alaskan nun fights for health care expansion
A recent segment on "The Rachel Maddow Show" features the testimony of an Alaskan Daughters of Charity nun named Sr. Mary Peter Diaz ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
Thoughts from Dr. Joe: A nun's suggestion leads to 'Mockingbird'
I blame Sister Mary Delores for turning me into a consummate reader. In 1960, Sister mandated we read 15 books during the summer prior to ... «Valley Sun, Jul 15»
The 10 Most Habit-Forming Nun Movies In History
I'm not terribly religious, to put it mildly, but my aunt is a nun, and I simply worship her and her cohorts, so whenever I see an actress in a ... «Papermag, Jul 15»
Possessed French nun subject of new play
The new show is inspired by the true story of a nun in France in the 17th century who was believed to have been possessed by devils. «Mount Desert Islander, Jul 15»
Nun-to-Be Is Now Debt-Free
When she was 5 years old, Sarah Meier wanted to become a nun. She wanted to enter a convent under a vow of silence and pray for the world. «National Catholic Register, Jul 15»
'Nun Factor' show returns with support from the Steam Packet
'Nun Factor' show returns with support from the Steam Packet The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is giving its support to a musical comedy ... «isleofman.com, Jul 15»
Meet an Italian nun who's been helping sex trafficking victims for 20 …
CASERTA, Italy — Another woman had just knocked at the front door of Casa Ruth carrying a terrible, familiar burden. Fleeing the poverty of ... «GlobalPost, Jul 15»
A Polish Catholic nun to be beatified
Ludwika Szczęsna (she took the name Klara, in honour of St Claire of Assisi, when she became a nun) was born in the Mazovia province in ... «thenews.pl, Jul 15»
