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Covent

Cov"ent\ (k?v"ent), n. [OF. covent, F. couvent. See Convent.] A convent or monastery. [Obs.] --Bale.

Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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