монахиня — meaning in English

English meaning

• nun noun A woman who has taken religious vows and lives in a convent, typically as part of a Christian order.
• vestal adj Chaste and pure, especially associated with virginity or purity.

Senses

монахиня is used for these senses in English:

• vestal A nun.

nun — full definition

1. noun A woman who has taken religious vows and lives in a convent, typically as part of a Christian order.
2. noun A woman living a similarly devoted, communal religious life in other faith traditions.

vestal — full definition

1. adj Chaste and pure, especially associated with virginity or purity.
2. noun In ancient Rome, one of the virgin priestesses who tended the sacred fire of the goddess Vesta.

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