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Recent Examples of convent
When the sisters were old enough, their widowed father sent them to a boarding school at a convent in Warsaw, Poland.
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
In Episode 10, Jamie noted that Michael had agreed to accompany Joanie to her convent in Paris.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Dec. 2024
Her part seems easy on paper: a mean and demanding mother superior at the start who ultimately helps Deloris hide in the convent.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Their home country was torn apart by raids, and one day Helena didn't return from her studies away from the convent.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
In Episode 10, Jamie noted that Michael had agreed to accompany Joanie to her convent in Paris.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Dec. 2024
Her part seems easy on paper: a mean and demanding mother superior at the start who ultimately helps Deloris hide in the convent.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
Their home country was torn apart by raids, and one day Helena didn't return from her studies away from the convent.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convent
Noun
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For more than three decades, Iyer, an essayist and a novelist, has spent several weeks a year at a silent retreat in a monastery in Big Sur, California.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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But early construction revealed a network of tunnels that were part of an ancient monastery complex.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
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During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 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 20 Jan. 2025.
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