nun
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And then there are the Sherpas — Namgyal and his wife, Pasang, a former Buddhist nun, who hail from the Khumbu region of Nepal and live on the property with Higdon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
TV viewers saw her last in Channel 4's The Falling, starring Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu, about a nun and Catholic priest who fall in love.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
A nun has been teaching her to cook, and every morning she attends the chapel service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
She won the 1996 Best Actress Oscar for "Dead Man Walking", where she played a nun who supports a man sentenced to death.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
"She's my first cousin. She's going to be a nun."
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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World Religions
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