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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20224" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20224" /> == | ||
<p> A woman, in several [[Christian]] countries, who devotes herself, in a cloister or nunnery, to a religious life. </p> <p> See article MONK. There were women in the ancient Christian church, who made public profession of virginity before the monastic life was known in the world, as appears from the writings of [[Cyprian]] and Tertullian. These, for distinction's sake, are sometimes called ecclesiastical virgins, and were commonly enrolled in the canon or matricula of the church. They differed from the monastic virgins chiefly in this, that they lived privately in their father's houses, whereas the others lived in communities: but their profession of virginity was not so strict as to make it criminal for them to marry afterwards, if they thought fit. As to the consecration of virgins, it had some things peculiar in it: it was usually performed publicly in the church by the bishop. The virgin made a public profession of her resolution, and then the bishop put upon her the accustomed habit of sacred virgins. One part of this habit was a veil, called the sacrum valamen; another was a kind of mitre or coronet worn upon the head. At present, when a woman is to be made a nun, the habit, veil, and ring of the candidate are carried to the altar; and she herself, accompanied by her nearest relations, is conducted to the bishop, who, after mass and an anthem (the subject of which is "that she ought to have her lamp lighted, because the bridegroom is coming to meet her") pronounces the benediction: then she rises up, and the bishop consecrates the new habit, sprinkling it with holy water. </p> <p> When the candidate has put on her religious habit, she presents herself before the bishop, and sings on her knees Ancilla [[Christi]] sum, &c. then she receives the veil, and afterwards the ring, by which she is married to Christ; and, lastly, the crown of virginity. When she is crowned, an anathema is denounced against all who shall attempt to make her break her vows. In some few instances, perhaps, it may have happened that nunneries, monasteries, &c. may have been useful as well to morality and religion as to literature; in the gross, however, they have been highly prejudicial; and however well they might be supposed to do when viewed in theory, in fact they are unnatural and impious. It was surely far from the intention of [[Providence]] to seclude youth and beauty in a cloister, or to deny them the innocent enjoyment of their years and sex. </p> <p> See | <p> A woman, in several [[Christian]] countries, who devotes herself, in a cloister or nunnery, to a religious life. </p> <p> See article MONK. There were women in the ancient Christian church, who made public profession of virginity before the monastic life was known in the world, as appears from the writings of [[Cyprian]] and Tertullian. These, for distinction's sake, are sometimes called ecclesiastical virgins, and were commonly enrolled in the canon or matricula of the church. They differed from the monastic virgins chiefly in this, that they lived privately in their father's houses, whereas the others lived in communities: but their profession of virginity was not so strict as to make it criminal for them to marry afterwards, if they thought fit. As to the consecration of virgins, it had some things peculiar in it: it was usually performed publicly in the church by the bishop. The virgin made a public profession of her resolution, and then the bishop put upon her the accustomed habit of sacred virgins. One part of this habit was a veil, called the sacrum valamen; another was a kind of mitre or coronet worn upon the head. At present, when a woman is to be made a nun, the habit, veil, and ring of the candidate are carried to the altar; and she herself, accompanied by her nearest relations, is conducted to the bishop, who, after mass and an anthem (the subject of which is "that she ought to have her lamp lighted, because the bridegroom is coming to meet her") pronounces the benediction: then she rises up, and the bishop consecrates the new habit, sprinkling it with holy water. </p> <p> When the candidate has put on her religious habit, she presents herself before the bishop, and sings on her knees Ancilla [[Christi]] sum, &c. then she receives the veil, and afterwards the ring, by which she is married to Christ; and, lastly, the crown of virginity. When she is crowned, an anathema is denounced against all who shall attempt to make her break her vows. In some few instances, perhaps, it may have happened that nunneries, monasteries, &c. may have been useful as well to morality and religion as to literature; in the gross, however, they have been highly prejudicial; and however well they might be supposed to do when viewed in theory, in fact they are unnatural and impious. It was surely far from the intention of [[Providence]] to seclude youth and beauty in a cloister, or to deny them the innocent enjoyment of their years and sex. </p> <p> See [[Monastery]] </p> <p> 1. Notes </p> <p> 2. OATH </p> <p> 3. [[Obedience]] </p> <p> 4. [[Obedience Of Christ]] </p> <p> 5. [[Oblati]] </p> <p> 6. [[Obligation]] </p> <p> 7. [[Observations]] </p> <p> 8. [[Oeconomy]] </p> <p> 9. [[Oeconomists]] </p> <p> 10. [[Offering]] </p> <p> 11. [[Officers Church]] </p> <p> 12. [[Offices Of Christ]] </p> <p> 13. OMEN </p> <p> 14. [[Omnipotence Of God]] </p> <p> 15. [[Omnipresence Of God]] </p> <p> 16. [[Omniscience Of God]] </p> <p> 17. [[Ophites]] </p> <p> 18. [[Opinion]] </p> <p> 19. [[Oracle]] </p> <p> 20. ORAL </p> <p> 21. [[Oratory]] </p> <p> 22. [[Order]] </p> <p> 23. ORDERS </p> <p> 24. [[Orders, Religious]] </p> <p> 25. [[Ordinances Of The Gospel]] </p> <p> 26. [[Ordination]] </p> <p> 27. [[Origenists]] </p> <p> 28. [[Original Sin]] </p> <p> 29. [[Origin Of Evil]] </p> <p> 30. [[Orthodoxy]] </p> <p> 31. [[Osiandrians]] </p> <p> 32. [[Ossenians]] </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_149097" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_149097" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The smew. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The European blue titmouse. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52959" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52959" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> NUN. </strong> The fourteenth letter of the [[Hebrew]] alphabet, and as such employed in the 119th | <p> <strong> NUN. </strong> The fourteenth letter of the [[Hebrew]] alphabet, and as such employed in the 119th Psalm to designate the 14th part, each verse of which begins with this letter. </p> <p> <strong> NUN. </strong> The father of Joshua ( Exodus 33:11 , Numbers 11:28 , Joshua 1:1 etc.). </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42722" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42722" /> == | ||
Exodus 33: | Exodus 33:11 Numbers 11:28 13:8 13:16 2 Psalm 119:105-112 | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74162" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74162" /> == | ||
<p> Nun. ( | <p> '''Nun.''' ''(Fish, Or Posterity).'' The father of the [[Jewish]] captain, Joshua. Exodus 33:11; etc. His genealogical descent from [[Ephraim]] is recorded in 1 Chronicles 7:1. (B.C. before 1530). </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61691" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61691" /> == | ||
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67786" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67786" /> == | ||
<p> An Ephraimite, father of Joshua, and referred to in scripture only to distinguish his son, who succeeded Moses. Exodus 33:11; Numbers 11:28 , etc. </p> | <p> An Ephraimite, father of Joshua, and referred to in scripture only to distinguish his son, who succeeded Moses. Exodus 33:11; Numbers 11:28 , etc. </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48333" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48333" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Son of Elishama, and father of Joshua. ( Joshua 1:1) </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36857" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36857" /> == | ||
<p> [[Sprung]] from Ephraim; father of Joshua (1 Chronicles 7:20-27). </p> | <p> [[Sprung]] from Ephraim; father of Joshua ( 1 Chronicles 7:20-27). </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32875" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32875" /> == | ||
Exodus 33:11 | Exodus 33:11 | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53312" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53312" /> == | ||
<p> Bibliography | <p> '''Bibliography Information''' McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Nun'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/n/nun.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16253" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16253" /> == | ||
