Nun

A nun (from the Latin nonna being a female version of nonnus meaning monk) was the female equivalent of a monk. Nuns lived in [convent] and followed a religious life under the authority of an abbess or prioress.

[Medieval] Orders of Nuns

• The Order of St. Benedict
  • The Order of Cistercians
  • The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappistines)
• The Order of Poor Ladies (Poor Clares)
• The Order of Preachers (Dominican nuns)