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convent

/'kɑnvɛnt/

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noun
a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
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type of:
community

part of:
religious order religious sect sect
noun
a religious residence especially for nuns
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type of:
religious residence cloister

Definition that contains convent

straightarrow conventionally moral and upright
kenning conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry