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What is a nun?

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A woman who has dedicated her life in service to Christ by serving Him in service to the people of God. Who nurses the ill and educates the poor. Nuns also give up houses in their convent to nurse the injured or put a roof over the head of a lonely traveller.and they like to wrestle

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