Nun or Sister?

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My English teacher Sr. Marlene (Sister of St. Joseph) informed my class that we had never seen a nun before in our lives. She claims that a nun never sees anyone outside, or rather, doesn’t communicate with anyone and usually never goes outside the convent. A sister however, is more social.

Confusion? I know there is a difference between a Sister and a Nun but I thought that only cloistered nuns lived away from the outside world.

She basically told us that all nuns are cloistered…
 
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My English teacher Sr. Marlene (Sister of St. Joseph) informed my class that we had never seen a nun before in our lives. She claims that a nun never sees anyone outside, or rather, doesn’t communicate with anyone and usually never goes outside the convent. A sister however, is more social.

Confusion? I know there is a difference between a Sister and a Nun but I thought that only cloistered nuns lived away from the outside world.

She basically told us that all nuns are cloistered…
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That’s basically correct. Nuns usually take Solemn vows and live in a cloister away from the world. Sisters take Simple vows and live in community but in the world.
 
We call both nuns and sisters “Sister so&so”, is that correct?

And on the male side, isn’t a monk like a nun (live cloistered away from the world) and a friar is like a sister (live in community but in the world)?

Do we call friars “Brother so&so”, or are brothers something else altogether?

What do we call monks?
 
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