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 convenīre, to assemble. See convene.]

1. A religious community: friars, monks, or nuns (now usually nuns).
2. A group of buildings occupied by such a community.

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nonnekloster

idioms:

• convent school    klosterskole

Nederlands (Dutch)
klooster

Français (French)
n. - couvent

idioms:

• convent school    couvent

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kloster

idioms:

• convent school    Klosterschule

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) (γυναικείο) μοναστήρι

idioms:

• convent school    σχολείο θηλέων που διευθύνεται από μοναχές

Italiano (Italian)
convento

idioms:

• convent school    collegio di convento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - convento (m)

idioms:

• convent school    escola (f) administrada por freiras

Русский (Russian)
женский монастырь

idioms:

• convent school    церковно-приходская школа

Español (Spanish)
n. - convento de monjas

idioms:

• convent school    colegio de monjas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kloster

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
修女团, 女修道院

idioms:

• convent school    修道院附属的学校

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 修女團, 女修道院

idioms:

• convent school    修道院附屬的學校

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수도원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 修道会, 修道院

idioms:

• convent school    修道院付属の学校

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دير للراهبات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנזר, בי"ס המנוהל ע" המנזר‬

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