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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convent \Con*vent"\, v. t. To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convent \Con"vent\, n. [L. conventus a meeting, LL also a convent. See {Convene}, v. i.] 1. A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. --B. Jonson 2. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns. One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. --Shak. 3. A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery. One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent. --Addison. Syn: Nunnery; monastery; abbey. See {Cloister}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convent \Con*vent"\, v. i. [L. conventus p. p. of convenire See {Convene}, v. i.] 1. To meet together; to concur. [obs.] --Beau. & Fl 2. To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.] When that is known and golden time convents. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: convent n 1: a religious residence especially for nuns 2: a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Convent, LA Zip code(s): 70723 From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: CONVENT, n. A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness.
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