修しゅう道どう女じょ

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Meanings

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Specifically a Catholic nun; not used for Buddhist nuns (尼僧).

彼かの女じょは修しゅう道どう女じょになるために修しゅう道どう院いんに入はいった。
She entered a convent to become a nun.

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Kanji

修discipline, conduct oneself well, study
道road-way, street, district
女woman, female

Related words

シスター
修道女 is the formal Japanese term for a Catholic nun, while シスター is the common katakana word or title used to address the same person.
童どう貞てい
修道女 is the common, everyday word for a Catholic nun, while 童貞 in this sense is a rarer, more formal religious term for the same role.
尼あま
修道女 is the formal term specifically for a Catholic nun, whereas 尼 is a shorter, more colloquial word that can refer to the same thing.
尼に僧そう
修道女 is the formal Japanese term for a Christian nun, roughly equivalent to 尼僧 in its Catholic sense, while シスター is more casual.

Built from

修しゅう道どう+女じょ

Etymology

Compound of 修道 (shūdō, 'religious training') and 女 (jo, 'woman'). The term was coined in Japanese to refer to Catholic nuns.