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Meanings of catholic nun in English

Russian
сестра
Portuguese
freira
Spanish
religiosa
Catalan
religiosa catòlica
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Roman Catholic nun who develops her apostolate among the people.

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Examples for "sister"
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State security agents were watching him inside the sister's house, she said.
The Guardian
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I followed in another year, and my sister arrived three years later.
The Irish Times
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My sister called early one morning, before I'd even left for work.
After the fall
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I asked her again, 'Was your sister really not at home, Phuong?'
The Quiet American
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My sister thought it was vitally important that I come here today.
Our little secret
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Of course a nun wouldn't know when to let well enough alone.
The Descent
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What she needed now, the good nun said, was rest and sympathy.
Letter to my daughter: a novel
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Comments by the nun in charge of the children are given throughout.
The new yorker
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One is said to be a nun who died four centuries ago.
Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
5
She is a former nun who was debauched long ago by Docre.
Down There
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But he persisted; and they exchanged a solemn kiss, the religious sister of their usual passionate kisses.
The Judge
2
In 1990, on a visit to Sweden, I met a religious sister, a member of the Dominican congregation.
The Irish Times
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He looked astonished at an elderly religious sister nurse dressing the gaping wounds of a poor leprosy patient.
The Irish Times
4
Two religious sisters who accompanied her appeared more moved than she.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
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I refer to the thousands of Irish religious sisters and religious brothers, living and dead.
The Irish Times
Usage of catholic nun in English
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The Catholic nuns which run the hospital are calling for help to rebuild.
Radio NZ
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An honour even more unusual when the recipient is an Irish Catholic nun.
The Irish Times
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Writer visits with Sister Darlene Nicgorski, a Catholic nun,who was convicted on five accounts.
The new yorker
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Methods: Participants were 763 older Roman Catholic nuns, priests, and brothers without dementia at baseline.
Pubmed
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A suspected Islamic extremist shot dead three Catholic nuns in Yemen yesterday, a Yemeni official said.
The Irish Times
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The Catholic nun uses the tool to hack away at tree branches felled by the storm.
The Guardian
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The former Catholic nun (who oughtta know about guilt, after all) wouldn't hear of it.
Eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across italy,...
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Despite the dangers a Catholic nun took a stand that saved the lives of 82 Jewish children.
Radio NZ
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Armstrong is a former Catholic nun who has been a religious historian for more than three decades.
The Irish Times
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Mickey Myers first met artist and activist Roman Catholic nun Sister Corita Kent when she was nine.
Radio NZ
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The organization represents 80 percent of the 57,000 U.S. Roman Catholic nuns.
Reuters
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The ruling breaks a relationship that stretches back to the hospital's founding by Catholic nuns 115 years ago.
The Irish Times
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Moretti, along with about a dozen Catholic nuns, is acutely aware of the conditions of his posting: no proselytising.
Reuters
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Moretti, along with about a dozen Catholic nuns, is acutely aware of the conditions of his posting: no proselytizing.
Reuters
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The order of Roman Catholic nuns, which runs care homes for the elderly, had challenged the mandate in court.
Reuters
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Photo: Supplied Mickey Myers first met artist and activist Roman Catholic nun Sister Corita Kent when she was nine.
Radio NZ