Sister - English meaning

noun

A woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.

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Abbots, abbesses and bishops were buried with their croziers, the pastoral staffs symbolic of their…

noun

A woman who is in charge of a convent

verb

Connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.

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I associated wealth with freedom

noun

A partner or companion in business or at work.

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A close associate of the minister

adjective

Connected with an organization or business.

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An associate company

noun

(in the roman catholic church) a member of certain religious orders of women living communally according to an ecclesiastical rule in the same way as nuns.

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In scotland there were a dozen or so nunneries, mainly cistercian, and in ireland about ten of the …

noun

A person with whom one works in a profession or business.

Usage examples:

She thanked her colleagues in the federation for their work this year

noun

One of a group of people who work together

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He always got along well with his colleagues in the university.

noun

A person that you work with

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He has a good working relationship with colleagues.

noun

(among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization.

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An old college comrade

adjective

Expressing or involving prolonged thought.

Usage examples:

She regarded me with a contemplative eye

noun

A person whose life is devoted primarily to prayer, especially in a monastery or convent.

Usage examples:

Asked why, the rabbi responded: ‘how many of your bishops are contemplatives?’

adjective

Involving quiet and serious thought for a period of time

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Her mood was calm and contemplative., people began to listen to music in contemplative silence.

adjective

Relating or belonging to a convent.

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The conventual life

noun

A person who lives in or is a member of a convent.

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Proximity to the parish brought conventuals closer to the everyday concerns of churchgoers.

noun

A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.

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She's a friend of mine

verb

Add (someone) to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website.

Usage examples:

I am friended by 29 people who i have not friended back

noun

A person you know well and like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family

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I dreamed my school friends were being chased by a whale., today i got a call from a friend of mine…

noun

A person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.

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He was a complete novice in foreign affairs

noun

A member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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A jesuit uncle, then chaplain to the seattle community of carmelite nuns, made an emergency appeal …

noun

A member of a female religious group whose members promise to obey the orders of the leader of the group, to be poor, and not to marry

noun

Either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity.

Usage examples:

Arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner

verb

A friendly form of address by one man to another.

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How you doing, partner?

noun

A timber framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around a hole through which a mast, capstan, pump, etc. pass.

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The mast was not chocked at the partners as it should have been

noun

A woman who is head of a house of certain orders of nuns.

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Benedictine authority and obedience are achieved through dialogue between a community member and he…

noun

A woman who is in charge of a priory or who is second in charge of an abbey

adjective

Relating to or believing in a religion.

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Both men were deeply religious and moralistic

noun

A person bound by monastic vows.

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It was not, one would think, the normal one of a religious with a church.

adjective

Of, relating to, or involved with religion, or living and worshiping according to the beliefs of a particular religion

Usage examples:

A religious holiday, he is deeply religious.

noun

A person's sister (often used as a form of address).

Usage examples:

Where are you going, sis?

exclamation

Used to express disappointment, disgust, or contempt.

Usage examples:

Sis—the floor is dirty!

abbreviation

(in the uk) secret intelligence service.

adjective

Relating to the roman goddess vesta.

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A vestal temple

noun

A vestal virgin.

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Whether pope meant the line to be ironic or not, the poem clearly comes down on the side of earthly…

noun

A woman who took religious vows or a vow of chastity.

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Her chapter concerning the library of the london vowess margery de nerford also discusses the event…