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convent

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Definition of convent

as in monastery

a group of nuns who live together She joined a convent.

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Recent Examples of convent Situated in New Orleans’s Marigny neighborhood, Hotel Peter & Paul occupies a former 19th-century Catholic church, schoolhouse, convent, and rectory. — Air Mail, 4 July 2026 The fair's conferences were held at the Art Institute, and on the current site of La Rabida Hospital was a recreation of the La Rabida convent in Spain, where Columbus plotted his voyages. — Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 27 June 2026 Today, the convent is a museum with exhibits on local history that’s sometimes used for wedding banquets and special events. — Joe Yogerst, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 Set in the 13th century amid a shift from Paganism to Christianity in Central Europe, the film tells the story of the virgin daughter of a feudal lord who gets kidnapped by marauders before she is set to join a convent. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for convent

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The film follows filmmaker Ahsen Nadeem’s attempt to document one of Japan’s most secretive Buddhist monasteries.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 July 2026
In 1642, the fifth Dalai Lama first unified Tibet by yoking the strength of Mongol forces, who razed the monasteries of rival sects, killing thousands.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

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The cathedral, its peaceful cloister, and its ornate crypt are also worth a visit.

— Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2026
In Rome, Le Graal will open the city’s first private members’ club of its kind inside Palazzo Medici Clarelli on the historic Via Giulia, with 11 rooms and suites, two restaurants, a cloister lounge, American bar, speakeasy, cigar room, wine cellar, gym, and treatment rooms.

— Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 21 June 2026

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After Robin Hood ends up at an island priory overseen by the healer Sister Brigid (Comer), the pace slows down, a welcome change.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Badly wounded in a battle of revenge, Robin Hood is brought to a priory and tended by Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer), whose generosity awakens his finer feelings and spurs him to virtuous, self-sacrificing action.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 26 June 2026

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