See Also: ironbark tree(medicine)
IRONBARK Capital Limited(finance)
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convent(2)(dictionary)
convent(1)(dictionary)
convent(dictionary)
Convent de la Missio(tourism)
convent school(dictionary)
Convent of St Gall(tourism)
CONVENT Credit Union(finance)

ironbark tree (medicine) and convent(1) (iou)


ironbark tree (medicine)


ironbark tree
<botany> The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders.

Synonym: ironwood.

Source: Websters Dictionary


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.