con·vent (k n v nt, -v nt )n. 1. 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 conven  re, to assemble; see convene.] |
convent [ˈkɒnvənt]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a building inhabited by a religious community, usually of nuns
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the religious community inhabiting such a building
3. (Social Science / Education) Also called convent school a school in which the teachers are nuns
[from Old French covent, from Latin conventus meeting, from convenīre to come together; see convene]
Convent an association of religious persons secluded from the world; an assembly or meeting; a body of monks, friars, or nuns; a company of twelve (or with a Superior, thirteen); an assemblage or gathering of people.
Examples: convent of apostles, 1526; of courtiers, 1484; of friars, 1554; of merchants, 1534; of monks; of nuns; of veins and arteries, 1578; of warriors, 1383; of witches, 1652.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  convent - a religious residence especially for nunsabbey - a convent ruled by an abbess nunnery - the convent of a community of nuns cloister, religious residence - residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) |
| 2. | convent - a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" |
convent
noun nunnery, religious community, religious house She entered a Carmelite convent at the age of 21.
Quotations
"The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity" [Victor Hugo Les Misérables]
"I like convents, but I wish they would not admit anyone under the age of fifty" [Napoleon Bonaparte]
"The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity" [Victor Hugo Les Misérables]
"I like convents, but I wish they would not admit anyone under the age of fifty" [Napoleon Bonaparte]
Translations
n convent [ˈkonvənt, (American ) -vent]
a building in which nuns live. klooster دَير لِلرّاهِبات женски манастир kláštěr (ženský) kloster das Kloster γυναικείο μοναστήρι convento nunnaklooster صومعه؛ خانقاه nunnaluostari couvent מִנזָר कान्वेंट, महिला मठ, आश्रम samostan zárda biara, susteran klaustur convento 女子修道院 수녀원 vienuolynas [] klosteris biara klooster nonnekloster klasztor convento mănăstire монастырь kláštor (ženský) samostan manastir nunnekloster สำนักแม่ชี rahibe manastırı 女修道院 жіночий монастир عيسائى خانقاه، دير راهبات nữ tu viện 女修道院
convent school
one run by nuns. kloosterskool مَدْرَسَة راهِبات училище, управлявано от монахини klášterní škola klosterskole die Klosterschule σχολή καλογριών colegio de monjas kloostrikool مدرسۀ وابسته به صومعه luostarikoulu couvent בֵּית סֶפֶר שֶׁל הַמִנזָר कॉन्वेंट स्कूल samostanska škola zárda sekolah yang dikelola oleh suster klausturskóli educandato 女子修道院付属の学校 수녀원 운영 학교 mokykla prie vienuolyno skola pie sieviešu klostera sekolah biara kloosterschool klosterskole szkoła przyklasztorna colégio de freiras mănăstire (de maici) школа при монастыре kláštorná škola nunska šola škola koju vode kaluđerice klosterskola โรงเรียนที่บริหารโดยสำนักแม่ชี rahibeler okulu 女修道院辦的學校 католицька жіноча школа راهبات كے ذریعہ چلایا جانیوالا مدرسہ nhà tu kín 女修道院办的学校
convent → دَيْر الراهبات klášter kloster Kloster μοναστήρι convento nunnaluostari couvent samostan convento 女子修道院 수녀원 klooster nonnekloster klasztor convento монастырь kloster สำนักแม่ชี manastır nữ tu viện 女修道院
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