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convent

noun

Definition of convent

as in monastery

a group of nuns who live together She joined a convent.

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Recent Examples of convent Over the ensuing years, several new buildings were constructed, including a church, a rectory, a convent, and a school, which opened in 1916 and was operated by the Dominican Sisters of Adrian, Michigan, the parish notes. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Other next-door neighbors include a convent, a multi-building affordable-housing complex and a preschool for children with hearing loss. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 The principal venue is the Casa de la Cultura del Mayab, a sixteenth-century former convent in Mérida’s Centro Histórico. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026 Delicately beautiful, with big emotions and a dramatic flair, the cosseted Vivien’s world was shattered at the age of six, when she was sent to be raised in a convent in England. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for convent

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Historically, such spaces were often features of religious buildings around the world including monasteries and convents, keeping animals out and fresh water, herbs, vegetables, and flowers safely inside.

— Michael James Gardner, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026
For more than a century, a suite of murals by Symbolist painter Odilon Redon have decorated the library of the Abbaye de Fontfroide, an 11th-century former monastery in the South of France.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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The Suite Del Priore – named for its setting in the old priory – has original frescoes and cloister views; the Suite Dell’Eremita has its own lemon grove.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The town served as a Genoese naval outpost during the medieval rivalry with Pisa, and the hotel’s arched colonnades of the original cloister still stand atop rooms that face Palmaria Island or the Gulf itself.

— Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of cloister

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The Suite Del Priore – named for its setting in the old priory – has original frescoes and cloister views; the Suite Dell’Eremita has its own lemon grove.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
After Robin Hood ends up at an island priory overseen by the healer Sister Brigid (Comer), the pace slows down, a welcome change.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

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