: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation
especially
: an establishment of nuns
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025
Tensions simmer throughout their convent visit, thrumming just barely below the surface.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years ago, the local abbey and Archdiocese of Salzburg acquired the convent.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
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Noun
After assisting his superiors with a case involving a convent, Billy has a breakthrough with Claudia in his final scene.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025
Tensions simmer throughout their convent visit, thrumming just barely below the surface.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years ago, the local abbey and Archdiocese of Salzburg acquired the convent.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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