Religious female (3)
I believe the answer is:
nun
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">religious female</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 "Fancy pigeon variety" , "A palindromic holy woman" , "Convent resident" , "Woman in religious order" , "Member of convent" .)