Crossword clues for convent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Convent \Con*vent"\, v. i. [L. conventus, p. p. of convenire. See Convene, v. i.]
To meet together; to concur. [obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.-
To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.]
When that is known and golden time convents.
--Shak.
Convent \Con*vent"\, v. t.
To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
[Obs.]
--Shak.
Convent \Con"vent\, n. [L. conventus a meeting, LL. also, a convent. See Convene, v. i.]
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A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.]
A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings.
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An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.
One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor.
--Shak. -
A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.
One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent.
--Addison.Syn: Nunnery; monastery; abbey. See Cloister.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, covent, cuvent, from Anglo-French covent, from Old French convent, from Latin conventus "assembly," used in Medieval Latin for "religious house," originally past participle of convenire "come together" (see convene). Not exclusively feminine until 18c. The form with restored Latin -n- emerged early 15c. The Middle English form remains in London's Covent Garden district (notorious late 18c. for brothels), so called because it had been the garden of a defunct monastery.\n\nCOVENT GARDEN ABBESS. A bawd.\n
COVENT GARDEN AGUE. The venereal diſeaſe.\n
["Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796]
Wiktionary
n. 1 A religious community whose members (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows. 2 The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives. 3 A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected. 4 A coming together; a meeting. vb. 1 (context obsolete English) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. 2 (context obsolete English) To meet together; to concur. 3 (context obsolete English) To be convenient; to serve.
WordNet
n. a religious residence especially for nuns
a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
Wikipedia
A convent is a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters or nuns, or the building used by such a community.
Convent or convento may also refer to:
A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers/sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion.
In modern English usage (from the 18th century), the term "convent" is almost invariably refer to a community of women, while " priory" and " friary" are used for men; but in historical usage they are often interchangeable.
Technically, a " monastery" or "nunnery" is a community of monastics, whereas a "friary" or "convent" is a community of mendicants, and a " canonry" a community of canons regular. The terms " abbey" and " priory" can be applied to both monasteries and canonries and distinguish those headed by an Abbot from the lesser dependent houses headed by a Prior.
Usage examples of "convent".
In the acta of the convent which began to be recorded that night, the servant declared that a supernatural force had thrown her to the ground.
Although Delaura had sought the support of distinguished members of his own order and even of other communities, none had dared challenge the acta of the convent or contradict popular credulity.
She is not beautiful like Agata and for this reason she is destined for the convent.
My mother was an Algonkian Indian--the Princess White Star, a proud and noble woman, who was separated from her people when a child and reared in a southern convent.
There are no naughty nuns of the libertine tradition here, and none of the facile anticlericalism which opponents of the Church regularly directed against the convent system.
News of the attack on the convent had spread quickly, and Father Berrendo was elected to confront Colonel Acoca.
Father Berrendo took Teresa to the convent to meet the Reverend Mother Betina.
Evie rested in the hotel until it was time for Bids to leave the convent school she attended.
It had been three whole years since Jacques Binet had left her at the convent.
Or was it her knowledge that Jacques Binet had left Eulalie at the convent that had upset him?
Venetian Fra Mauro, of the Camaldolese Convent of San Miguel de Murano, that this commission was entrusted.
Alda, the daughter, was educated in a convent at Carpi, and in his will her father bequeathed her 300 ducats if she remained with the Sisters and 600 ducats if she married.
Instantly it occurred to me that it was the convent of St Angelo, belonging to the Carthusians, which determined me to make up to it immediately and to enquire for Father Benedicta.
Croisse, at the appointed time, repaired to the convent of St Angelo, and entered into the severe order of the Carthusians, where he found, in the purified conversation of his early companion, the pious Benedicta, and that of Father Andrea, all the consolation he was capable of receiving.
THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA CHAPTER I My Family Pedigree--My Childhood Don Jacob Casanova, the illegitimate son of Don Francisco Casanova, was a native of Saragosa, the capital of Aragon, and in the year of 1428 he carried off Dona Anna Palofax from her convent, on the day after she had taken the veil.