1) Abbey 2) Nunnery 3) Priory
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1) Assembly 2) Cloister 3) French word used in English 4) Meeting 5) Religious community 6) Religious establishment 7) Religious residence 8) Rock formation of Utah
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- a religious residence especially for nuns
- a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
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In common usage, the term refers to a house of women religious.
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A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers/sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion. The terms `convent` or `nunnery` almost invariably refers to a community of women in modern English usage (from 18th century), while `monastery`, `pr...
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• (v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. • (v. i.) A coming together; a meeting. • (v. i.) An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns. • (v. i.) To meet together; to concur. • (v. i.) To be convenient; to serve. • (v. i.) A house occupied b...
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local community or residence of a religious order, particularly an order of nuns. See abbey.[1 related articles]
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Religious house for
nuns. ...
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A convent is the specialised monastery where a group of nuns live. The head of a convent maybe called an abbess, a prioress or a mother superior. These are affilitated to the various monastic orders, such as the Benedictines or Cistercians. Most northeast examples were Medieval in date. These possessed they own granges, and sometimes served hospit...
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From the Latin, conventus, or assembly, meeting. Residence of a community of religious brothers or sisters born after the thirteenth century (those of monks, before and after, are called monasteries)
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Con'vent noun [ Latin
conventus a meeting, Late Latin also, a convent. See
Convene ,
intransitive verb ]
1. A coming together; a meeting. [ Obsolete] « A usual ceremony at their [ the witches]
convents or meetings.
B. Jonson. » ...
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Con·vent' intransitive verb [ Latin
conventus , past participle of
convenire . See
Convene ,
intransitive verb ]
1. To meet together; to concur. [ obs.]
Beau. & Fl. 2. To be convenient; to serve. [ Obsolete] « When that is k...
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Con·vent' transitive verb To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [ Obsolete]
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a house of women Religious.
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[
n] - a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together 2. [n] - a religious residence especially for nuns
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convent A company of men or women living together in the discipline of a religious order and under one superior; a body of monks, friars, or nuns forming one local community. Also applied to a Buddhist or other non-Christian monastic institution.
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noun a religious residence especially for nuns
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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. · assembly; meeting.
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