khamuniif RELIGION AND BELIEF — A religious figure. A khamuniif is any young woman who is either selected or chooses to be preserved for sacred service. The term is broad and provides little insight into each → niif’s role in her respective religious order. Roles vary from high priestess to servant, but one thing that is generally true of all niif or → naif (the male equivalent) is that they begin their training at a young age, often right after birth, and are preserved from sexual contact with either sex (outside of religious rites). 

→ niif, → naif