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convent definition

con·vent (kän′vənt, -vent′)

noun

  1. a community of nuns or, sometimes, monks, living under strict religious vows
  2. the building or buildings occupied by such a community

Etymology: OFr < L conventus, assembly (in ML(Ec), religious house, convent), orig. pp. of convenire, convene

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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