NUNS

NUNS
   female religious devotees living in communities devoted to the service of the CULT. They are usually CELIBATE. The earliest evidence about the institution comes from BUDDHISM from where the practice seems to have spread to HINDUISM and eventually appeared in CHRISTIANITY.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nuns — • Females consecrated to God by religious vows Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nuns     Nuns     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • NUNS — Kyrillisch (Ukrainisch) Блок Наша Україна Народна самооборона Transl.: Blok Naša Ukraïna Narodna samooborona Transkr.: Blok Nascha Ukrajina …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nuns of the Battlefield — Artist Jerome Connor Year 1924 (1924) Type Bronze Dimensions 182.88  …   Wikipedia

  • Nuns on the Run — Theatrical release poster Directed by Jonathan Lynn Produced by …   Wikipedia

  • Nuns of the Above — is the comic tragic name given by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to those in their ranks who have died, mainly from AIDS, and are immortalized in their folk art section of the Names Project Quilt commemorating people who have died from AIDS …   Wikipedia

  • Nuns and Soldiers —   1st edition cover …   Wikipedia

  • Nuns' Island — Île des Sœurs redirects here. For other uses, see Île des Sœurs (disambiguation). For Nun s Island in Ireland, see Lough Lene. Nuns Island Île des Soeurs   Neighbourhood   …   Wikipedia

  • Nuns, Buddhist —    Although Gotama Buddha established an order of nuns (bhikkuni) during his lifetime, the Sangha of Burma and other Theravada Buddhist countries does not include women, since the ordination rites for them were lost to the Theravada tradition.… …   Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • Nuns' Island gas station — The Nun s Island gas station is a modernist style filling station designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1969, one of four buildings by Mies in Nuns Island, an island in the city of Montreal. It is no longer a working gas station and as of… …   Wikipedia

  • Nuns of the Word Incarnate — Word Word, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[ u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. rh twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nuns on the Run — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Nonnen auf der Flucht Originaltitel: Nuns on the Run Produktionsland: Großbritannien Erscheinungsjahr: 1990 Länge: 88 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”