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Number One Nun

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noun

• the superior of a group of nuns

42%8Nun or nun-like
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21%7 Monk or nun, often
adjective

• pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline

noun

• someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

adjective satellite

• practicing great self-denial

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