convent
IPA: kˈɑnvʌnt
noun
- 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.
verb
- (obsolete) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
- (obsolete) To meet together; to concur.
- (obsolete) To be convenient; to serve.
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Examples of "convent" in Sentences
- The scope of the convention is limited.
- The rest of the aircraft was conventional.
- Stockpiles eliminated under the Convention.
- She was buried in the chapel of the convent.
- It is part of the Convent of the Sisters of Zion.
- In the end the convention was ratified at Frankfurt.
- But the bottomline is the unwritten laws and conventions.
- He was elected as a conventional in the district of the Cathedral.
- The convention delegates elected him as the President of the Convention.
- Example of such a preemptive conventional opening is the Muiderberg convention.
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