convent

IPA: kˈɑnvʌnt

A religious community whose members live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives.
(now especially) Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.
(India) A Christian school.
A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected.
A coming together; a meeting.
A census-designated place, the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Examples of "convent" in Sentences

This convent is also very large, but not so immense as that of San Francisco.
The Santo Domingo convent is spectacular, it is being repainted an it is something to see.
Bearing in mind, then, that the term convent has to do with a corporation of men or women united into an organized society, and that the term monastery can strictly be applied only to the buildings -- the _domus_, in which that society has its home -- it will be well at starting that we should endeavour to gain some notion of the general plan of these buildings first, and when we have done that that we should proceed to deal next with the constitution of the society itself and the daily routine of conventual life.