2nd July 2009, 07:13 PM Sphinx777 Contributor   Join Date: 24th November 2007 Location: Bibliotheca Alexandrina Posts: 6,313 Blessings: 896,080,547 Reps: 628,621,878,571,469,824 (power: 0) A nun is a woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream