'Convent' definitions:
Definition of 'convent'
(from WordNet)
noun
A religious residence especially for nuns
noun
A community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
Definition of 'Convent'
From: GCIDE
- Convent \Con*vent"\, v. t. To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Convent'
From: GCIDE
- Convent \Con"vent\, n. [L. conventus a meeting, LL. also, a convent. See Convene, v. i.]
- 1. A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns. [1913 Webster]
- One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Convent'
From: GCIDE
- Convent \Con*vent"\, v. i. [L. conventus, p. p. of convenire. See Convene, v. i.]
- 1. To meet together; to concur. [obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- When that is known and golden time convents. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Convent'
- Conventical,
- Convention,
- Conventional,
- Conventionalism,
- Conventionalities,
- Conventionality,
- Conventionally,
- Conventical prior,
- Geneva convention,
- constitutional convention,
- social convention,
- american baptist convention,
- chemical weapons convention,
- conventional formal schematic,
- northern baptist convention,
- southern baptist convention