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[ kon -vent, -vuh nt ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkɒn vɛnt, -vənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a community of persons devoted to religious life under a superior.
a society or association of monks, friars, or nuns: now usually used of a society of nuns.
the building or buildings occupied by such a society; a monastery or nunnery.
Obsolete . assembly; meeting.
Origin of convent 1175–1225; <Medieval Latin
conventus; Latin: assembly, coming together, equivalent to
conven (
īre ) (see convene) +
-tus suffix of v. action; replacing Middle English
covent <Anglo-French <Medieval Latin, as above
SYNONYMS FOR convent 1 abbey, priory.
3 cloister.
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Words nearby convent convenience, convenience food, convenience store, conveniency, convenient, convent , conventicle, convention, conventional, conventionalism, conventionality
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Example sentences from the Web for convent The convent , obviously, but also the court—and even her unrequited longing for the elusive lady of her sonnets.
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His memoirs led Campagnol to a convent at the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli on Murano, where Mr. Casanova had a lover.
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As the story goes, many Venetian nuns were noble women forced into the convent to save their families from bankruptcy.
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Pulcini had locked the front door of the convent , but now he found it open.
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The women are expected to be buried in a cemetery in the convent in Bujumbura.
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Never surely was man better cut out by nature for the post of convent physician!
Letters of Two Brides | Honore de Balzac
With a band of relatives he invaded the convent , but neither abuse nor blows could subdue this child of fourteen.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi | Paul Sabatier
The situation of the convent is not healthy, and in consequence the monks frequently suffer from intermittent fever.
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We note, too, that Peter of Blockesley gave possessions to the prior and convent of Coventry in trust for the school.
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Samson behaved as if this was a new light to him, but offered no objection to receive Herbert if the convent willed.
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British Dictionary definitions for convent noun a building inhabited by a religious community, usually of nuns
the religious community inhabiting such a building
Also called: convent school a school in which the teachers are nuns
Word Origin for convent C13: from Old French covent, from Latin conventus meeting, from convenīre to come together; see convene
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Words related to convent cloister, school, retreat, abbey, monastery
Cultural definitions for convent A community of people in a religious order, especially nuns.
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