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NUN'S KIDNAPPER GETS PRISON ROBBER MADE HER RIDE ALONG WITH HIM.(METRO)
; ...Madison's south side, and then cutting a nun with a screwdriver before making her drive...the rectory and confronted a 61-year-old nun who lived there, threatening her with a screwdriver as he tried to rob her. I'm a nun, the victim told Kingcade. I don't have... Read more
CHARGES IN NUN NABBING.(METRO)
; ...charges after allegedly breaking into a nun's residence Tuesday, demanding money, then...drive him around for nearly an hour. The nun, in keeping with her vow of poverty, had...church, Monsignor Thomas Baxter, said the nun is doing well. She's OK, he said. She's... Read more
Nun 'injured herself and made up rape story'
; A NUN found close to death who claimed she had been...arrested. He is said to live locally to the nun, and like her is 37. But he was quickly ruled...good alibi. Officers now plan to interview the nun who said she hoped the man would "rot in hell... Read more
Nun says she reported priest in 2000: Says archdiocese was told verbally and in writing of boy's claims
; A nun who worked at Chicago's Holy Family Catholic...with children as early as winter 2000. The nun, who asked that her name not be used, said...occasions, but her warnings went unheeded. The nun's revelations emerged Wednesday as Chicago... Read more
N.H. cops probe beating and rape of Ipswich nun at waterfront cottage.(News)
; A 72-year-old nun from Ipswich who was found semi-conscious...cottage 100 feet from the home where the nun, whose name is being withheld, was found...You never think this can happen here. The nun, who is a member of the Sisters of Notre... Read more
Restoration takes horror of `The Nun' to new heights
; The Nun (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Suzanne Anna Karina...for French director Jacques Rivette's "The Nun" to arrive intact. An adaptation of Denis Diderot...length. Now, in a fully restored version, "The Nun" is being re-issued. It will be shown twice... Read more
Tourist fined for assaulting nun
; A WOMAN attacked a nun - ripping off her wimple and kicking her...of shocked rail passengers - because the nun, Sister Mary, reminded her of her alcoholic...pulled 40-year-old Trewby away from the nun. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard today that... Read more
Nun 'is victim of smears'
; THE Scots nun accused of cruelty against children has been...Alphonso, defence counsel Paul Cullen claimed the nun's alleged victims had colluded to create stories...jury to look beyond the religious garb of the nun and remember that she was a "mere mortal... Read more
The ending of Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale.
; The last three lines of the Nun's Priest's Tale contain an interpretative crux. (1) The Nun's Priest says that even those who do not like his...clearly went well beyond the characterization of the Nun's Priest: it is central to the Retractions with... Read more
Children's home abuse witness says nun and handyman had sex
; A CHILD acted as a lookout for a nun while she "fornicated" with a handyman at...allegations, a court heard yesterday. The nun's affair with a workman was reported to...her front teeth still in her mouth. The nun had told her years later that she was "only... Read more

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nun
nun Woman belonging to a religious order who has taken monastic vows (see monasticism ). Nuns may belong to either a closed order... Read more
nun
nun / nən / • n. a member of a religious community...xA0; any of a number of birds whose plumage resembles a nun's habit, esp. an Asian mannikin. ∎  a pigeon of a breed with a crest on its neck. DERIVATIVES: nun·like / -ˌlīk / adj. nun·nish adj. Read more
Nun
...Egyptian gods and father of Re , the sun god. Nun represented the dark, turbulent waters out...each day as the sun rose from the waters. Nun was also thought to exist as subsoil water...source of the annual flooding of the Nile . Nun Nun Nun Read more
nun buoy
nun buoy a buoy that is circular in the middle and tapering to each end. early 18th cent.: from obsolete nun ‘child's top’ and buoy . Read more
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nun • begun , bun, done, Donne, dun, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, pun, run, shun, son, spun, stun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won... Read more

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