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Definitions for Convent
[1] a community of persons devoted to religious life under a superior.
[2] a society or association of monks, friars, or nuns: now usually used of a society of nuns.
[3] the building or buildings occupied by such a society; a monastery or nunnery.
[4] Obsolete . assembly; meeting.
[5] a building inhabited by a religious community, usually of nuns
[6] the religious community inhabiting such a building
[7] Also called: convent school a school in which the teachers are nuns
Words related to Convent
cloister, school, retreat, abbey, monastery
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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
Word origin for Convent
C13: from Old French covent, from Latin conventus meeting, from convenīre to come together; see convene
Synonyms for Convent
abbey, cloister, monastery, retreat, school, religious community