convent

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noun

con·​vent ˈkän-vənt 

-ˌvent

: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation

especially : an establishment of nuns

convent

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verb

con·​vent kən-ˈvent 

convented; conventing; convents

obsolete

: convene

Examples of convent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Detail of the 600-year-old Fra Angelico fresco of a crucifixion that is being restored at a convent outside of Florence. —Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025

Vista Ostuni - Ostuni (opening summer 2025) The upcoming Vista Ostuni will be taking over a former 14th-century palazzo originally constructed as a convent in the ‘White City’ of Ostuni in Puglia. —Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025

There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike. —Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025

Mansion also took over Club Allure, a strip club that was embroiled in controversy with a 2014 lawsuit from nuns in the nearby Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo convent. —Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English covent, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin conventus, from Latin, assembly, from convenire

Verb

Latin conventus, past participle of convenire

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1514, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

convent

noun

con·​vent

ˈkän-vənt,

-ˌvent

1

: a community of nuns living together

2

: a house or set of buildings occupied by nuns