Definition of convent

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Convent (v. i.) An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.

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Convent :: Convent (v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
Conventionalist :: Conventionalist (n.) One who is governed by conventionalism.
Up-train :: Up-train () A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
Cell :: Cell (n.) A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.
Friary :: Friary (n.) Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.
Form :: Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer..
Order :: Order (n.) A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order..
Conventicler :: Conventicler (n.) One who supports or frequents conventicles.
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..
Spekehouse :: Spekehouse (n.) The parlor or reception room of a convent.
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..
Cell :: Cell (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit..
Orthography :: Orthography (n.) The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious..
Friary :: Friary (n.) A monastery; a convent of friars.
Informality :: Informality (n.) An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule..
Covent :: Covent (n.) A convent or monastery.
Convent :: Convent (v. i.) An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.
Etiquette :: Etiquette (n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society..
Superiority :: Superioress (n.) A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior..
Protocol :: Protocol (n.) A convention not formally ratified.
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