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NUN'S HABIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nun's habit mean? 

NUN'S HABIT (noun)
  The noun NUN'S HABIT has 1 sense:

1. a long loose habit worn by nuns in a conventplay

  Familiarity information: NUN'S HABIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NUN'S HABIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A long loose habit worn by nuns in a convent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nun's habit" is a kind of...):

habit (a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order)

Meronyms (parts of "nun's habit"):

guimpe (a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit)


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