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con·vent

[kon-vent, -vuh

nt] Pronunciation Key

–noun

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.

[Origin: 1175–1225; < ML conventus; L: assembly, coming together, equiv. to conven(īre) (see convene) + -tus suffix of v. action; r. ME covent < AF < ML, as above

]

—Synonyms 1. abbey, priory. 3. cloister.

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con·vent (kŏn'vənt, -věnt') Pronunciation Key
n.

A community, especially of nuns, bound by vows to a religious life under a superior.
The building or buildings occupied by such a community.

[Middle English covent, from Old French, from Medieval Latin conventus, from Latin, assembly, from past participle of convenīre, to assemble; see convene.]

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convent

c.1290, covent, from Anglo-Norm. covent, from O.Fr. convent, from L. conventus "assembly," used in M.L. for "religious house," originally pp. of convenire "come together" (see convene). Not exclusively feminine until 18c. The form with -n- emerged early 15c. The M.E. form remains in London's Covent Garden district (notorious late 18c. for brothels), so called because it had been the garden of a defunct monastery.

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convent
noun
1.	a religious residence especially for nuns
2.	a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
convent

A community of people in a religious order, especially nuns.

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Convent, LA Zip code(s): 70723

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Convent

Con"vent\, n. [L. conventus a meeting, LL. also, a convent. See Convene, v. i.]

1. A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.]

A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. --B. Jonson.

2. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.

One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. --Shak.