: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation
especially
: an establishment of nuns
Examples of convent in a Sentence
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Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2024
In the novel, Mila arrives at the convent and searches for her daughter with Tymoteusz, the father of another child.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
She’s grown up dirt poor, been sent to a convent and winds up summoned to the bedroom of a bored, pampered king who cycles through mistresses as if they were soiled laundry.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Popular on Variety The movie follows Sweeney as an American nun, Sister Cecilia, who transfers to a convent in the Italian countryside.
—Lexi Carson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
In Immaculate, Sweeney plays Cecilia, a nun who is sent to a convent in Italy that tends to dying nuns.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2024
In the film, the actress plays Cecilia, a devout American nun who moves to a convent in Italy, quickly uncovering a sinister side of the religious community.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
Their newest creative vision is a project filled with twists, blood and a surprising amount of horniness for a movie set at an Italian convent.
—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
Noun
This was true even back in 1949 when then-cub-reporter Gabriel García Marquez went to cover excavation work in the former convent and witnessed a crypt that held a skeleton with a long mane of red hair.
—Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2024
In the novel, Mila arrives at the convent and searches for her daughter with Tymoteusz, the father of another child.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
She’s grown up dirt poor, been sent to a convent and winds up summoned to the bedroom of a bored, pampered king who cycles through mistresses as if they were soiled laundry.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Popular on Variety The movie follows Sweeney as an American nun, Sister Cecilia, who transfers to a convent in the Italian countryside.
—Lexi Carson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
In Immaculate, Sweeney plays Cecilia, a nun who is sent to a convent in Italy that tends to dying nuns.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2024
In the film, the actress plays Cecilia, a devout American nun who moves to a convent in Italy, quickly uncovering a sinister side of the religious community.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
Their newest creative vision is a project filled with twists, blood and a surprising amount of horniness for a movie set at an Italian convent.
—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
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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