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Recent Examples of convent
One of the best places to stay is Villa Paola, a former 16th Century convent surrounded by a Mediterranean garden that overlooks the white beaches and rocky cliffs of the Costa degli Dei (Coast of the Gods).
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Gary Portuesi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
The Sisters’ convent was filmed at La Purisima Mission in Lompoc, north of Santa Barbara, now a public park.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
The origins of Buçaco National Forest date back to 1628, when Carmelite monks built a convent and launched a forest restoration project.
—Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
The three nuns were reportedly told to move out of the convent because, according to a church rule, an order must have at least six living members.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Gary Portuesi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
The Sisters’ convent was filmed at La Purisima Mission in Lompoc, north of Santa Barbara, now a public park.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
The origins of Buçaco National Forest date back to 1628, when Carmelite monks built a convent and launched a forest restoration project.
—Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
The three nuns were reportedly told to move out of the convent because, according to a church rule, an order must have at least six living members.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convent
Noun
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Monks at the monastery continue to welcome hikers, bikers, and drivers, offering a bed for the night in one of the basic rooms or dorms.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
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Furba spins the prayer wheels surrounding the base of the monastery.—
Joe Baur,
Outside,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Giggles aside, Rita says they were taken to a nursing home against their will two years ago when church authorities shuttered the cloisters as nun numbers diminished.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Despite the morning chill, hundreds of pilgrims were already circling the kora, a two-mile prayer path around the cloister’s walls.—
Chris Schalkx,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Oct. 2025
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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 7 Nov. 2025.
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