Examples of convent in a Sentence
William Earl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
Herrera joined the convent in 1956 after graduating high school.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
The countess was a double agent The countess Buchanan-Dineen was born in Canada in 1909 and educated in a French convent.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
Stay here: Situated in a former convent, Villa Florentine is located in the heart of Old Lyon, a stone’s throw away from the best restaurants in the city.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2024
Placed somewhere no one would think to look, the entertainer ends up as a nun in a California convent, now going by the name of Sister Mary Clarence.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Cecilia strikes up a friendship with Sister Mary (Simona Tabasco), an independent spirit who joined the convent to get away from an abusive relationship and bristles under the harsh order of the place.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
Explosives had also shattered an adjoining convent where nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, care for Gazans with disabilities.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Cloistered nuns remain within their convent, separating themselves from the external world in order to dedicate their lives to contemplation and prayer.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Noun
Middle English covent, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin conventus, from Latin, assembly, from convenire
Verb
Latin conventus, past participle of convenire
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1514, in the meaning defined above
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