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1. (n.) convent
a community of people, esp. nuns, devoted to religious life under a superior.
2. convent
the building or complex occupied by such a society.
3. convent
Obs. assembly; meeting.
Etymology: (1175–1225; < ME covent < AF < ML conventus; L: assembly, coming together =conven(īre) (see convene ) +-tus suffix of v. action)
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| Definition of 'Convent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) convent
a religious residence especially for nuns
2. (noun) convent
a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
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1. (noun) convent
a building that nuns live in
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| Definition of 'Convent' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Convent
a coming together; a meeting
2. (verb) Convent
an association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns
3. (verb) Convent
a house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery
4. (verb) Convent
to meet together; to concur
5. (verb) Convent
to be convenient; to serve
6. (verb) Convent
to call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene
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Sense: a building in which nuns live.
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 Afrikaans: klooster |
 Arabic: دَير لِلرّاهِبات |
 Bulgarian: женски манастир |
 Brazilian: convento |
 Czech: kláštěr (ženský) |
 German: das Kloster |
 Danish: kloster |
 Greek: γυναικείο μοναστήρι |
 Spanish: convento |
 Estonian: nunnaklooster |
 Farsi: صومعه؛ خانقاه |
 Finnish: nunnaluostari |
 French: couvent |
 Hebrew: מִנזָר |
 Hindi: कान्वेंट, महिला मठ, आश्रम |
 Croatian: samostan |
 Hungarian: zárda |
 Indonesian: biara, susteran |
 Icelandic: klaustur |
 Italian: convento |
 Japanese: 女子修道院 |
 Korean: 수녀원 |
 Lithuanian: vienuolynas |
 Latvian: [] klosteris |
 Malay: biara |
 Dutch: klooster |
 Norwegian: nonnekloster |
 Polish: klasztor |
 Persian: صومعه؛ خانقاه |
 Pashto: لنګر (خانقاه)، دير، صومعه |
 Portuguese: convento |
 Romanian: mănăstire |
 Russian: монастырь |
 Slovak: kláštor (ženský) |
 Slovenian: samostan |
 Serbian: manastir |
 Swedish: nunnekloster |
 Thai: สำนักแม่ชี |
 Turkish: rahibe manastırı |
 Taiwanese: 女修道院 |
 Ukrainian: жіночий монастир |
 Urdu: عيسائى خانقاه، دير راهبات |
 Vietnamese: nữ tu viện |
 Chinese: 女修道院 |
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