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con⋅vent
[kon-vent, -vuh
nt] 
–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
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.
1. abbey, priory. 3. cloister.
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| con·vent (kŏn'vənt, -věnt') n.
[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
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. 3. A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery. One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent. --Addison. Syn: Nunnery; monastery; abbey. See Cloister.Convent
Con*vent"\, v. i. [L. conventus, p. p. of convenire. See Convene, v. i.]1. To meet together; to concur. [obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 2. To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.] When that is known and golden time convents. --Shak.Convent
Con*vent"\, v. t. To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Language Translation for : convent
Spanish:
convento,
German:
das Kloster,
Japanese:
女子修道院
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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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