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Recent Examples of convent
Those churches often had schools, convents, gymnasiums and rectories.
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Lainey Seyler, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Everett Collection There are, miraculously enough, two 2024 horror films about an American nun who joins a convent in Italy where she’s impregnated with something unholy as part of an evil Church plot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
After the woman’s family sent her away to a convent in Avignon, d'Aubigny came to rescue her.
—Quispe López, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
The planners lead them to their dream venue Desierto De Los Leones, a 400-year-old convent in a forest of old-growth trees just outside of the city.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Lainey Seyler, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Everett Collection There are, miraculously enough, two 2024 horror films about an American nun who joins a convent in Italy where she’s impregnated with something unholy as part of an evil Church plot.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
After the woman’s family sent her away to a convent in Avignon, d'Aubigny came to rescue her.
—Quispe López, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
The planners lead them to their dream venue Desierto De Los Leones, a 400-year-old convent in a forest of old-growth trees just outside of the city.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convent
Noun
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In the 1920s, the monastery was bought by William Randolph Hearst (of the famed publishing family) and dismantled and shipped piece by piece to America.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2025
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In its center lies the ancient inscription written in Greek, a language that was widely used in the region at the time the monastery was constructed, particularly in religious and administrative contexts.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.—
Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, contributor,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Charlotte agrees to lead an art workshop at the priory if Graham will escort her to holiday locations around London for her new illustration job.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
8 Dec. 2024
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By 1891, Pope Leo XIII raised the status of the priory to the rank of abbey.—
Curtis Varnell The Timepiece,
arkansasonline.com,
25 Feb. 2024
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convent. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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