as in monasteries
a group of nuns who live together
She joined a convent.
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Recent Examples of convents
Prior to beer’s industrialization, women, especially nuns, were the continent’s original brewers, funding their convents while experimenting with new styles.
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Jamie Ditaranto, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
Jamie Ditaranto, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convents
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Matcha soon spread through Zen monasteries, where it was believed to generate greater enlightenment than long hours of meditation.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2026
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The route cuts across rolling farmland, oak woods and medieval hamlets, passing vineyards, monasteries and stone bridges along the way.—
Laura May Todd,
Vogue,
21 Dec. 2025
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But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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On their Instagram account, Rita, 82, can be seen rushing about the cloisters and dabbling in boxing lessons.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Convents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convents. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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