nunhood

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noun

The status or condition of being a nun.

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Meanings

nounnunhood (countable and uncountable, plural nunhoods)

plural nunhoods

  1. countableuncountableThe status or condition of being a nun.

    "She's Jewish," Harry muttered. "Nunhood is out of the question."

    2005, Judith Arnold, The Fixer Upper, Mira, →ISBN, page 337
  2. countableuncountableNuns as a group.

    She entered the nunhood after her husband's death and became a well-respected tutor of high-ranking noblemen and noblewomen.

    2007, William E. Deal, Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43

Origin

From nun + -hood.

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Cite this entry
APA

nunhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunhood

MLA

“nunhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nunhood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunhood.

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