See Also: convent(1)(dictionary)
convent(2)(dictionary)
convent(dictionary)
convent school(dictionary)
Convent of St Gall(tourism)
Convent de la Missio(tourism)
CONVENT Credit Union(finance)
Convent of Christ in Tomar(tourism)
Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent(tourism)
Benedictine Convent of St John at Mustair(tourism)

convent(1) (iou)



convent noun. (long obsolete exc. in names, as Covent Garden, London). ME.
[Anglo-Norman covent, Old French convent (mod. couvent), from Latin conventus assembly, company, from convent- pa. ppl stem of convenire CONVENE. Cf. COVIN.]
A gathering, an assembly. ME-M17.
A company; spec. (a) the twelve apostles; (b) a company of twelve (or thirteen including a superior) religious persons. ME-M16.
A religious community (usu. Christian) living together under discipline; a religious institution founded for communal living; now esp. such a community of or institution for women (cf. monastery). ME.
The buildings or estate occupied by such a community. LME.
Comb.: convent school: conducted by members of a convent.
con'ventical adjective (rare) of or pertaining to a convent M18.