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Before her death in Chicago at age 67, Cabrini founded 67 schools, orphanages, hospitals, convents and places of worship in North and South America.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
Like the nun Beate before her, Susanna seems destined, as punishment for her overwhelming ardor, to be walled into the convent.
—Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
The venue was a casually magnificent stone building, constructed in the fifteenth century as a Dominican convent, on a promontory overlooking a sparkling bay.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
And there have been questions and concern about Israeli soldiers bulldozing parts of a Catholic convent in southern Lebanon.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
Like the nun Beate before her, Susanna seems destined, as punishment for her overwhelming ardor, to be walled into the convent.
—Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
The venue was a casually magnificent stone building, constructed in the fifteenth century as a Dominican convent, on a promontory overlooking a sparkling bay.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
And there have been questions and concern about Israeli soldiers bulldozing parts of a Catholic convent in southern Lebanon.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convent
Noun
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Additionally, Russia has ramped up attacks on civilian centers usually considered off-limits in wartime, such as a 1,000-year-old cathedral and monastery complex in Kyiv that was bombed Sunday night, killing three people.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
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Deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight sparked an intense blaze at a 1,000-year-old monastery in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, one of the country’s most important religious and cultural landmarks.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
Noun
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The first was held in the cloister of the Gallery of Modern Art (GAM), with a private tour and cocktail reception for guests.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
6 June 2026
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Yes, the garden cloister arches are brand new, but the seamless blend of old and fake old really works.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
Noun
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This great disparity between reality and story, truth and history, takes on new dimensions when Robin clandestinely takes refuge at an island priory where Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer) tends to his wounds.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Nearby Cincinnati, where Vance was confirmed at a Dominican priory, is a case in point and a window into Catholicism’s history in the American heartland.—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convent. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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