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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Convent \Con*vent"\, verb (used without an object) [L. conventus, p. p. of convenire. See {Convene}, verb (used without an object)]
1. To meet together; to concur. [obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
2. To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.]
When that is known and golden time convents. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Convent \Con*vent"\, verb (used with an object) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Convent \Con"vent\, noun [L. conventus a meeting, LL. also, a convent. See {Convene}, verb (used without an object)]
1. A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.]
A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. --B. Jonson.
2. 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.
3. 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
convent
noun
1: a religious residence especially for nuns
2: a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CONVENT, noun A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Convent, LA Zip code(s): 70723
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