Definition of convent

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Convent (v. i.) A coming together; a meeting.

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Diet :: Diet (n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521..
Customary :: Customary (a.) Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual..
Probation :: Probation (n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule..
Parallax :: Parallax (n.) The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun..
Conventionalizing :: Conventionalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conventionaliz.
Conventionalizw :: Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal..
Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution..
Formality :: Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
Form :: Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules..
Port-royalist :: Port-royalist (n.) One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist..
Conventicler :: Conventicler (n.) One who supports or frequents conventicles.
Attribute :: Attribute (n.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules..
Cell :: Cell (n.) A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
Informal :: Informal (a.) Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit..
Hospice :: Hospice (n.) A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard..
Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly..
Point :: Point (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal..
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