freira — meaning in English
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English meaning
- nun noun A woman who has taken religious vows and lives in a convent, typically as part of a Christian order.
Senses
freira is used for these senses in English:
- Atlantic pomfret Brama brama, the largest species of the pomfret family Bramidae, found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
nun — full definition
- noun A woman who has taken religious vows and lives in a convent, typically as part of a Christian order.
- noun A woman living a similarly devoted, communal religious life in other faith traditions.