Nun and Priest

Nun

Nun noun - A woman religious.

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Priest and nun are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Priest" instead a noun "Nun".

Priest noun - A person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church.

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Nun and priest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nun" instead a noun "Priest".

Nearby Words: priestly, priesthood, priestess

old	old nun	old priest
good	good nun	good priest
polish	polish nun	polish priest
kindly	kindly nun	kindly priest
Other adjectives: dead, single, actual, real, innocent, young, new, crazy, devout, former, mysterious, cloistered, catholic, Christian, local, elderly, satanic, ordained, demonic, high-ranking, unnamed, Buddhist.

Virtually every priest or nun in Father Ted, definitely including the protagonists.

Source: Nun Too Holy
Thus, unless the priest or nun is very elderly or is in a period piece, he or she is not too likely to be Irish.

Source: Irish Priest
Maria from Harvest Moon SNES and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody is probably the most religious person in the series that isn't a nun or priest.

Source: Token Religious Teammate

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