: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation
especially
: an establishment of nuns
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Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy plays a coal merchant and father haunted by secret abuses in a local convent sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the trailer for Small Things Like This from Lionsgate ahead of a Nov. 8 theatrical release.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2024
Delivering coal to the convent, Bill Furlong (Murphy) witnesses a mother forcing her young daughter inside and against her will.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2024
Hotel Peter & Paul, in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, plays up the building's history as a Catholic church, schoolhouse, rectory, and convent, referencing saints and sinners.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2024
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Acts Housing will occupy 16,000 square feet − doubling its current office that was once the convent of St. Michael’s Parish.
—Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy plays a coal merchant and father haunted by secret abuses in a local convent sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the trailer for Small Things Like This from Lionsgate ahead of a Nov. 8 theatrical release.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2024
Delivering coal to the convent, Bill Furlong (Murphy) witnesses a mother forcing her young daughter inside and against her will.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2024
Hotel Peter & Paul, in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, plays up the building's history as a Catholic church, schoolhouse, rectory, and convent, referencing saints and sinners.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2024
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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