The Nun

3. A local community or house of a religious order or congregation, especially an establishment of nuns.
4. A person acknowledged as holy or virtuous.
7. A district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church.
11. The holy writings of a religion.
13. A long, loose form of dress for a nun.
16. A table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings and rituals.
18. A process by which individuals are elevated to the clergy, who are then authorized to perform various religious rites and ceremonies.
20. A piece of cloth that covers a nun's hair and falls down over the shoulders and back.
21. Deliver religious address to an assembled group of people.
23. A string of beads used by Catholic nuns in prayer.
24. To prevent distraction from prayer and the religious life and to keep an atmosphere of silence.

1. A building used for public Christian worship.
2. A Christian sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.
5. A solemn promise.
6. Committed to a task or purpose.
8. A small administrative district typically having its own church.
9. A woman who has taken public vows in a religious institute dedicated to apostolic works
10. A request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God.
12. Compliance with an order, request, or law, or yielding to a particular set of instructions.
14. To confer or invoke divine favor upon.
15. A condition in which one lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living.
17. The building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
19. Having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.
22. The voluntary giving of help to those in need.
24. The state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.