Thesaurus: convent

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1. v. i. A coming together; a meeting.
2. v. i. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.
3. v. i. A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.
4. v. i. To meet together; to concur.
5. v. i. To be convenient; to serve.
6. v. t. To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
7. n. a religious residence especially for nuns
8. n. a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
9. 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. 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. To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] Shak.
10. To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.[Obs.] Shak.
11. n:100 n. a religious residence especially for nuns n. a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together