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Dictionary: con·vent   (kŏn'vənt, -vĕnt') pronunciation
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.]


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


Devil's Dictionary: convent
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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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A Beguine convent in Amsterdam.

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. In modern English usage, "convent" almost invariably refers to a community of women, while "monastery," "priory" or "friary" are used for men; but in historical usage they are often interchangeable.

Technically, a "monastery" is a community of monastics, whereas a "convent" is a community of mendicants ("friary" specifying a male community specifically), 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.

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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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