The meaning of Convent

Convent – definition

noun
A christian community of nuns living together under monastic vows.
Usage examples:
Maria entered the convent at the age of eighteen
Synonims:
Nunnery Priory Abbey Religious house Religious community Cloister Cenobium Cenoby Beguinage

noun
A building or group of buildings in which nuns (= religious women) live or worship

Convent translation into English

Convent: translate from English into Chinese

修道院, 女修道

Convent: translate from English into Dutch

Klooster, Sticht

Convent: translate from English into French

Couvent

Convent: translate from English into German

Kloster, Konvent, Nonnenkloster, Frauenkloster

Convent: translate from English into Hindi

मठ, कान्वेंट, धर्मसंघ, बैरागियों का मठ, कुवारियों का मठ, विहार

Convent: translate from English into Italian

Convento, Monastero

Convent: translate from English into Korean

수도원, 수도회

Convent: translate from English into Russian

Монастырь, Женский монастырь

Convent: translate from English into Spanish

Convento, Monasterio

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin conventus ‘assembly, company’, from the verb convenire (see convene). The original spelling was covent (surviving in the place name Covent Garden )

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Convent synonims

abbey

noun
The building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
Usage examples:
Friaries were occupied by friars, abbeys were headed by abbots, priories by priors.

noun
A building for monks (= religious men) or nuns (= religious women) to live in

All meanings and translations of Abbey

cenobium

noun
A monastery.
Usage examples:
Many pilgrims flocked to the cenobium in search of the monk

All meanings and translations of Cenobium

cloister

noun
A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a colonnade open to a quadrangle on one side.
Usage examples:
The shadowed cloisters of the convent

verb
Seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.
Usage examples:
The monastery was where the brothers would cloister themselves to meditate

All meanings and translations of Cloister

nunnery

ˈnʌn.ər.i

noun
A building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community; a convent.
Usage examples:
You have to go to a desert, or to a monastery, a nunnery or an abbey.

noun
A convent

All meanings and translations of Nunnery

priory

noun
A small monastery or nunnery that is governed by a prior or prioress.
Usage examples:
Others included walks from iona to holy island, canterbury to york, and around the monasteries, abb…

noun
A building where monks or nuns live, work, and pray

All meanings and translations of Priory

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