: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation
especially
: an establishment of nuns
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
According to popular legend, Bernini took his revenge against the friars by facing the rear of the elephant with its tail lifted toward their convent.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Instead, the convent’s nine bookable guest rooms are more akin to sleeping over at your grandmother’s house, swaddling you in a familiar, matronly feeling of being watched over and cared for from a distance.
—Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
As the world outside begins to resemble the full-moon mating frenzy of the opalescent squid, crack open Sylvia Townsend Warner’s 1948 novel about nuns eking out an existence in a 14th-century convent and one night of celibacy might not seem so bad.
—Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
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That history is recounted in an exhibition mounted in the Franciscan convent, adjacent to the basilica, which pilgrims can visit as part of their appointment to pass by the bones.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
According to popular legend, Bernini took his revenge against the friars by facing the rear of the elephant with its tail lifted toward their convent.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Instead, the convent’s nine bookable guest rooms are more akin to sleeping over at your grandmother’s house, swaddling you in a familiar, matronly feeling of being watched over and cared for from a distance.
—Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
As the world outside begins to resemble the full-moon mating frenzy of the opalescent squid, crack open Sylvia Townsend Warner’s 1948 novel about nuns eking out an existence in a 14th-century convent and one night of celibacy might not seem so bad.
—Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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