Nun, in the Bible
Nun (nŭn, n
n), in the Bible, father of Joshua.nun, in religion
nun: see monasticism monasticism , form of religious life, usually conducted in a community under a common rule. Monastic life is bound by ascetical practices expressed typically in the vows of celibacy, poverty, and obedience, called the evangelical counsels...... Click the link for more information. .
Nun
or NuOldest of the Egyptian gods and father of Re, the sun god. Nun represented the dark, turbulent waters out of which the cosmos was churned. Since it was believed that the primeval ocean continued to surround the ordered cosmos, the creation myth was reenacted each day as the sun rose from the waters. Nun was also thought to exist as subsoil water and as the source of the annual flooding of the Nile.
nun1
1. a female member of a religious order
2. a variety of domestic fancy pigeon usually having a black-and-white plumage with a ridged peak or cowl of short white feathers
nun2
the 14th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (נ or, at the end of a word, ן), transliterated as n
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