Monk and Nun

Opposite meaning words

Monk noun - A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.

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Nun is an antonym for monk.

Nearby Words: monkish, monkery, monkhood

Nun noun - A woman religious.

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Monk is an antonym for nun in woman in religious order topic.

good	good monk	good nun
female	female monk	female nun
full	full monk	full nun
single	single monk	single nun
Other adjectives: actual, real, young, novice, new, crazy, injured, former, cloistered, Christian, local, elderly, bearded, unnamed, younger, Buddhist.

Religion of Evil: The Cenobites themselves in the original novella, as servants of the Order of Gash (the word Cenobite means a monk or nun in a convent).

Source: Literature / The Hellbound Heart
In Hellsing, Alexander Anderson and his monk/nun army, of all people, shows up to save Integra from an horde of vampires.

Source: Big Damn Heroes / Anime and Manga
Can a parent dedicate their son or daughter to be a monk or a nun, or must that be up to the individual?

Source: Useful Notes / Christianity

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