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Definition of Nunship
1. the condition of a nun [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nunship
Literary usage of Nunship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"... Chief-nunship! Nay what is still more mortifying, my Brother says, " On the
whole I had better, had not IT The cruel Brother ; but indeed the desperate! ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... or Heir-Apparent to that Chief-nunship ! Nay what is still more mortifying,
my Brother says, "On the whole, I had better, had not I ? ..."
3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... or Heir-Apparent to that Chief-nunship! Nay what is still more mortifying, my
Brother says, ' On the whole, I had better, had not I ? ..."
4. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"These things being alleged and proved, Anselm pronounced the nunship of Maud of
none effect, and solemnly married her to king Henry. ..."
5. History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1866)
"... tress," or Heir-Apparent to that Chief nunship! Nay, what is still more
mortifying, my Brother says, " On the whole, I had better, had not I? ..."
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