: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation
especially
: an establishment of nuns
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Sometimes a note is left on the convent’s doorstep.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Sutton added that the proposal will preserve the historical significance of the home, which was a former convent.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
On a recent morning, two restorers scrambled up scaffolding in the convent’s chapter house to put some finishing touches on their work.
—Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Art Of Joy follows a woman born into modest circumstances in Sicily in 1900, who goes on navigate life in a convent, and then carves herself out a place in aristocratic household achieving happiness and emancipation in the process.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Sometimes a note is left on the convent’s doorstep.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Sutton added that the proposal will preserve the historical significance of the home, which was a former convent.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
On a recent morning, two restorers scrambled up scaffolding in the convent’s chapter house to put some finishing touches on their work.
—Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for convent
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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