nuns'

Belonging to sisters

Nuns' is the possessive plural of nun, indicating something belonging to or associated with multiple nuns: the nuns' habits, the nuns' quarters.

Distinguished from nun's (singular possessive) and nuns (simple plural).

religious

habits

Regular repeated behaviors

  • conventReligious sisters' dwelling
  • vowsSolemn binding promises
  • prayersReverent petitions to deity

rosaries · cells · chapel · wimples · devotions · cloisters · vespers · meditations · crucifixes · breviary

institutional

school

Place of instruction

charity · teaching · nursing · ministry · service · education · order · congregation · foundation · motherhouse

communal

quarters

Assigned living accommodations

schedules · duties · chores · meals · recreation · fellowship · sisterhood · community · gatherings · chapter

Opposites
gendered religious orders

nuns'monks

Cloistered religious men

friars · brothers · priests · abbots · fathers

religious vs. secular life

nuns'socialites

People famous for attending events

wives · courtesans · libertines · mothers · housewives

Phrases
Family

nun, nuns, nunnery, nunneries

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