convent

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noun

con·​vent ˈkän-vənt How to pronounce convent (audio)
-ˌvent
: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation
especially : an establishment of nuns

convent

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verb

con·​vent kən-ˈvent How to pronounce convent (audio)
convented; conventing; convents
obsolete

Examples of convent in a Sentence

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Noun
The building has evolved from a 14th-century fortress to a Moorish mansion then a Franciscan convent and now a luxury hotel. Allix Cott, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024 In particular, the central hall of the Bene Gesserit convent was a modern church built in the ‘70s that had been abandoned in this Hungarian woodland. EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024 Acts Housing will occupy 16,000 square feet − doubling its current office that was once the convent of St. Michael’s Parish. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024 Oscar winner Cillian Murphy plays a coal merchant and father haunted by secret abuses in a local convent sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the trailer for Small Things Like This from Lionsgate ahead of a Nov. 8 theatrical release. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for convent 

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English covent, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin conventus, from Latin, assembly, from convenire

Verb

Latin conventus, past participle of convenire

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1514, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of convent was in the 13th century

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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

convent

noun
con·​vent
ˈkän-vənt,
-ˌvent
1
: a community of nuns living together
2
: a house or set of buildings occupied by nuns
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