Named Groups

Nuns

Members of a religious community of women typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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Abstract

Members of a religious community of women typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Religious Sisters
  • Nun
  • Religious Sister
  • Sister, Religious
  • Sisters, Religious
  • Abbess
  • Prioress
  • Abbesses
  • Prioresses

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7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2015

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Previous Indexing

  • Religion or specifics (1963-2014)

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  1. M01w.526.799.875w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nuns. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065831. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065831
  2. Nuns. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nun
  3. Nuns. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191808