- CONVENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CONVENT is a local community or house of a religious order or congregation; especially : an establishment of nuns How to use convent in a sentence
- Convent - Wikipedia
A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters Alternatively, convent means the building used by the community The term is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican Communion [1]
- Convent - definition of convent by The Free Dictionary
A community, especially of nuns, bound by vows to a religious life under a superior 2 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 ]
- Convent Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
She joined a convent
- What is the difference between a convent and a monastery?
– A convent is a community of religious women who live together in a structured environment under a set of rules or guidelines They typically follow a specific religious order or tradition, such as the Franciscans or Benedictines
- convent - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
convent (third-person singular simple present convents, present participle conventing, simple past and past participle convented) (obsolete) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene (obsolete) To meet together; to concur (obsolete) To be convenient; to serve Inherited from Latin conventus convent m (plural convents)
- convent noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of convent noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a building in which a Christian community of nuns (= members of a female religious community) live together She entered a convent at the age of sixteen She spent her whole life in a convent
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