Definitions for convent
ˈkɒn vɛnt, -vəntcon·vent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. conventnoun

   a religious residence especially for nuns

2. conventnoun

   a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conventnoun

   A religious community whose members (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.

2. conventnoun

   The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives.

3. conventnoun

   A gathering of people lasting several days which come from different regions of a country or even the world for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected.

4. Etymology: conventus, perfect participle of the verb convenio, see con-, venio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CONVENTnoun

   Etymology: conventus, Latin.

   1. An assembly of religious persons; a body of monks or nuns.

   He came to Leicester;
   Lodg’d in the abbey, where the reverend abbot,
   With all his convent, honourably receiv’d him. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.

   2. A religious house; an abbey; a monastery; a nunnery.

   One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary, that is not covered with a convent. Addison.

2. To Conventverb

   To call before a judge or judicature.

   Etymology: convenio, Latin.

   He with his oath
   By all probation will make up full clear,
   Whenever he’s convented. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

   They sent forth their precepts to attach men, and convent them before themselves at private houses. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convent

   A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, convent means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican Communion.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. convent

   A convent is a community or institution where a group of religious people, especially nuns, live and work according to their specific spiritual beliefs and rules. It's often a building or complex of buildings serving as a place of worship, residence, and self-contained living community for this group. The term is primarily used in the Roman Catholic and Anglican traditions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 4 votes

1. Conventverb

   a coming together; a meeting

2. Conventverb

   an association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns

3. Conventverb

   a house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery

4. Conventverb

   to meet together; to concur

5. Conventverb

   to be convenient; to serve

6. Conventverb

   to call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene

7. Etymology: [L. conventus, p. p. of convenire. See Convene, v. i.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Convent

   A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion. The terms "convent" or "nunnery" almost invariably refers to a community of women in modern English usage, ed for men; but in historical usage they are often interchangeable. Technically, a "monastery" or "nunnery" is a community of monastics, whereas a "convent" is a community of mendicants, and a "canonry" a community of canons regular. The terms "abbey" and "priory" can be applied to both monasteries and canonries and distinguish those headed by an Abbot from the lesser dependent houses headed by a Prior.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Convent

   kon′vent, n. an association of persons secluded from the world and devoted to a religious life: the house in which they live, a monastery or nunnery.—adj. Convent′ual, belonging to a convent.—n. a monk or nun; a member of one of the two divisions of the Franciscans, following a mitigated rule—the other being the Observants. [Through Fr. from L. convent-um, convenīre, to come together.]

Matched Categories

1. • Community
   • Religious Residence

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How to pronounce convent?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of convent in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of convent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of convent in a Sentence

1. Dorothy Parker:

   I went to a convent in New York and was fired finally for my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion.

2. Caitlin na Houlihan:

   Has Vlad-i-mir Put-in become a class-ical mir-a-cle, a chron-icled obsta-cle, a convent-icle ora-cle, a pirat-ical spect-acle, a man-acled veh-icle, a tent-acled parti-cle, a monarch-ical, art-icle, a cubi-cle recept-acle, a mon-acled cor-pus-cle, a pinn-acled ic-icle or a tri-ckled tre-acle?

3. Caitlin na Houlihan:

   Has Vlad-i-mir Put-in become a class-ical mir-a-cle, a chron-icled obsta-cle, a convent-icle ora-cle, a pirat-ical spect-acle, a man-acled veh-icle, a tent-acled parti-cle, a monarch-ical art-icle, a cubi-cle recept-acle, a mon-acled cor-pus-cle, a pinn-acled ic-icle or a tri-ckled tre-acle?

4. Amnesty International:

   When I look back at that visit and see now how it has been remembered, I think about myself at age 13. I was going to Catholic school, I was an altar boy, the youth group I went to took place in a convent. Everything I did, my whole life, the Church was at the center of it, and I think about how Pope John Paul II said Pope John Paul II loved me -- well, Pope John Paul II didn't.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=convent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Convent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=convent
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=convent
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=convent
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=convent