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nunship — nun·ship … English syllables
nunship — ˈnənˌship noun Etymology: nun (I) + ship : nunhood … Useful english dictionary
nunhood — /nun hood/, n. the status, vocation, or responsibilities of a nun. Also called nunship. [1805 15; NUN1 + HOOD] * * * … Universalium
convent — n 1. nunnery, motherhouse, novitiate; religious community, abbey, priory, cloister, cenoby; religious life, religion, sisterhood, nunhood, nunship. 2.See monastery(def.1) … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
monasticism — n 1. monkhood, monachism, ceno bitism, monkism, friarhood, brotherhood, monkdom, (usu. contemptuous) monkery; the cloister, the contemplative life, life of prayer, the better part; sisterhood, nunhood, nunship. 2. asceticism, self denial, self… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
nunnery — n 1. convent, motherhouse, novitiate; religious community, abbey, priory, cloister, cenoby; All Obs. religious life, sisterhood, nunhood, nunship. 2. brothel, bordello, house of ill repute. See brothel … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
