convent
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English convent, variant of covent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventus, perfect participle of the verb convenio (whence ultimately convene), see con- + venio. Doublet of coven.
Inflected forms:
form: convents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A religious community whose members live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: abbey
My God! It's enough to drive a girl into a convent! Do they have Jewish nuns?
gloss: The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives.
pos: noun
examples: One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent.
gloss: The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives.
pos: noun
tags: especially
gloss: A Christian school.
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected.
pos: noun
gloss: A coming together; a meeting.
pos: noun
examples: ...an usual ceremony at their [the witches'] convents or meetings...
Related words: convenance
convene
convenient
conventicle
convention
covenant
Covent Garden
covin
commune
rectory
seminary
Derived words: convent school
Convent Station
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: دير
lang: Arabic
word: رهبنة نسوي
roman: rahbana niswī
lang: Bulgarian
word: мето́х
roman: metóh
lang: Catalan
word: convent
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 女修道院
roman: nǔ xiūdàoyuàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 庵堂
roman: āntáng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尼姑庵
roman: nígū'ān
lang: Danish
word: kloster
lang: Danish
word: nonnekloster
lang: Danish
word: munkekloster
lang: Dutch
word: nonnenklooster
lang: Finnish
word: konventti
lang: Finnish
word: nunnaluostari
lang: French
word: couvent
lang: Georgian
word: მონასტერი
roman: monasṭeri
lang: German
word: Kloster
lang: German
word: Nonnenkloster
lang: Hungarian
word: zárda
lang: Irish
word: clochar
lang: Italian
word: convento
lang: Latin
word: coenobium
lang: Latin
word: monastērium (monachārum)
lang: Latin
word: conventus
lang: Macedonian
word: же́нски ма́настир
roman: žénski mánastir
lang: Malay
word: konven
lang: Māori
word: whare none
lang: Middle English
word: covent
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kloster
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nonnekloster
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kloster
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: nonnekloster
lang: Old English
word: nunnhīrēd
lang: Old English
word: nunnmynster
lang: Old English
word: wīfhīrēd
lang: Polish
word: konwent
lang: Polish
word: klasztor (żeński)
lang: Portuguese
word: convento
lang: Romanian
word: mănăstire (de maici)
lang: Russian
word: же́нский монасты́рь
roman: žénskij monastýrʹ
lang: Spanish
word: convento
lang: Swahili
word: konventi
lang: Swedish
word: nunnekloster
lang: Swedish
word: kloster
lang: Tagalog
word: kumbento
lang: Tocharian B
word: tsāro
lang: Catalan
word: convent
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 修道院
roman: xiūdàoyuàn
lang: Czech
word: klášter
lang: Danish
word: kloster
lang: Danish
word: nonnekloster
lang: Danish
word: munkekloster
lang: Finnish
word: konventti
lang: Finnish
word: nunnaluostari
lang: Macedonian
word: ма́настир
roman: mánastir
lang: Middle English
word: covent
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kloster
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nonnekloster
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kloster
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: nonnekloster
lang: Persian
word: صومعه
roman: sovme'e
lang: Portuguese
word: convento
lang: Russian
word: монасты́рь
roman: monastýrʹ
lang: Slovak
word: kláštor
lang: Spanish
word: convento
lang: Finnish
word: konventti
lang: Finnish
word: kokous
lang: Macedonian
word: собир
roman: sobir
lang: Middle English
word: covent
lang: Polish
word: konwent
lang: Portuguese
word: convenção
lang: Russian
word: съезд
roman: sʺjezd
lang: Russian
word: слёт
roman: sljot
lang: Russian
word: конве́нт
roman: konvént