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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•vent /ˈkɑnvɛnt, -vənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona community of people, esp. nuns, devoted to religious life under a superior.
- Religionthe building or buildings occupied by such a community.
See -ven-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•vent (kon′vent, -vənt),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona community of persons devoted to religious life under a superior.
- Religiona society or association of monks, friars, or nuns: now usually used of a society of nuns.
- Religionthe building or buildings occupied by such a society;
a monastery or nunnery. - [Obs.]assembly;
meeting.
- Medieval Latin, as above
- Anglo-French
- Medieval Latin conventus; Latin: assembly, coming together, equivalent. to conven(īre) (see convene) + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action; replacing Middle English covent
- 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged abbey, priory.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cloister.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: convent /ˈkɒnvənt/ n - 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
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French covent, from Latin conventus meeting, from convenīre to come together; see convene |