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Recent Examples of convent
When a blasphemous pop star threatens to upend their happy life and displace the sisters, Mother Constance sets out to save the convent by any means necessary.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Since returning to the convent, the nuns have become active on Instagram, amassing more than 10,000 followers in little over a week.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Based on a true story, the plot follows the aristocratic Von Trapp family as former convent novice Maria (played by Julie Andrews), shows up to be governess and changes their lives.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
Before ever encountering the Warrens, Valak took out a convent, murdered some priests, and possessed a very hot Frenchman.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Since returning to the convent, the nuns have become active on Instagram, amassing more than 10,000 followers in little over a week.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Based on a true story, the plot follows the aristocratic Von Trapp family as former convent novice Maria (played by Julie Andrews), shows up to be governess and changes their lives.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
Before ever encountering the Warrens, Valak took out a convent, murdered some priests, and possessed a very hot Frenchman.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convent
Noun
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But a new theory suggests the book may have emerged from a Pictish monastery in Portmahomack, on Scotland’s northeast coast.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The monastery spreads over 5,000 acres of forest on a series of hills, according to its website.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Natural light, serene cloisters and Spanish gothic architectural flourishes characterize this memorial space, which is also home to an annual music festival, held annually during the summer solstice called the Garden of Memory.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Monasteries were dissolved, cloister vineyards broken up, and the bronze Horses of San Marco shipped to Paris.—
Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One was an indictment in the Calendar of Patent Rolls of Edward III, detailing how Ela and her husband, Forde, and several other accomplices raided a Benedictine priory in 1321.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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The crime–assisting in the raid of a Benedictine priory alongside Sir Fitzpayne.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convent. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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