English search results for: nun

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (opprobrious of man)
  2. handmaid
  3. maid servant
  4. nun (selfdescribed)
  5. slave girl
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. nun
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
#3

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. for nun/Muslim)
  2. covering (esp. clothing for body/parts)
  3. veil
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. ascetic (female)
  2. nun
  3. women (pl.) who have taken vows (L+S)
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
#5

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. nun
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
#6

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. (14th letter of Hebrew alphabet)
  2. (transliterate as N)
  3. nun
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: Near East
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: William Whitaker’s personal guess
#7

adjective

Definitions:

  1. holy
  2. monastic
  3. of sanctity/purity
  4. pious, religious
  5. [~ mulier => nun]
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)