The Nun"s story is a novel, it is fictional. No one knows- what happened to Colonel Hogan after VE day and the Camp was liberated? Who knows , it is not germane or necessary to the story line.
A religious community of nuns is a convent.
The nuns sleep in the nunnery in the convent.
A group of nuns is generally referred to as a convent.
The nun superior is the head of all the nuns at her convent.
A gathering of nuns is called a nunnery. Or a convent.
A convent doesn't live anywhere because it is not alive. A convent is what you call the place where nuns live.
Nuns can live in a monastery, and abbey, or a convent.
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She decided to stay at the convent for a weekend retreat to reflect and recharge.
Monks - monastery. Nuns - convent.
A nun lives in a monastery while a sister may live in a convent.
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