Monks
Nuns
Both words in one sentence
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Monty Python's Flying Circus loves funny nuns: one sketch has the nuns and monks playing football.
Source: Nuns Are Funny -
However, there are still monks and nuns who follow this tradition and live as hermits.
Source: The Hermit -
There is even a mission of sisters called the Léonie League, which proposes to found a new religious order especially for autistic monks and nuns.
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