Female in religious order (3)
I believe the answer is:
nun
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">female in religious order</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for nun that I've seen before include "Woman in religious community" , "Mother Teresa, maybe" , "Mother Superior, perhaps" , "Carmelite, for example" , "Joshua's father" .)