noun
convent
KON-vehnt
noun
1
A community of nuns or monks living together under religious vows, or the building where they live.
"She entered the convent at the age of nineteen."
"The old convent on the hill is now a museum."
2
A school run by such a religious community.
"He was educated at a strict convent school."
How to Use Convent
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA religious community (traditionally of nuns) and the building it lives in, or a school run by one.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
convented past tense, convents plural, convents singular
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Etymology
From Latin conventus, "a coming together" — the same root as "convene."