: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation
especially
: an establishment of nuns
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
During a weekend retreat at a remote countryside convent for intensive rehearsals, Lucia’s growing fascination with a restoration worker begins to strain her bond with Ana-Maria and the rest of the choir.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
At the convent, in place of noise and action there is what the nuns call prayer, and the narrator simply calls thinking.
—Lauren Christensen, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
Since then, the order has grown to three hundred nuns in thirty convents around the world.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Noun
According to The New York Times, Georgie became involved in the theater as a young child while studying at a convent.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
During a weekend retreat at a remote countryside convent for intensive rehearsals, Lucia’s growing fascination with a restoration worker begins to strain her bond with Ana-Maria and the rest of the choir.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
At the convent, in place of noise and action there is what the nuns call prayer, and the narrator simply calls thinking.
—Lauren Christensen, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
Since then, the order has grown to three hundred nuns in thirty convents around the world.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for convent
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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