Nunhood

Origin

nun + -hood

Full definition of nunhood

Noun

1. The status or condition of being a nun.
• 2005, Judith Arnold, The Fixer Upper, Mira (2005), ISBN 0778321932, page 337:"She's Jewish," Harry muttered. "Nunhood is out of the question."
2. Nuns as a group.
• 2007, William E. Deal, Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, Oxford University Press (2007), ISBN 9780195331264, page 43:She entered the nunhood after her husband's death and became a well-respected tutor of high-ranking noblemen and noblewomen.