convent

See also: Convent

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed from Old French covent, from Latin conventus, perfect participle of the verb convenio (whence ultimately convene), see con- + venio. Doublet of coven

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.vɛnt/, /ˈkɒn.vənt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.vɛnt/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: con‧vent

Noun

convent (plural convents)

1. A religious community whose members (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
2. The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives.
   • Addison

     One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent.

3. (India) A Christian school.
4. A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected.
5. A coming together; a meeting.
   • Ben Jonson

     a usual ceremony at their [the witches'] convents or meetings

Related terms

• convenance
• convene
• convenient
• conventicle
• convention
• covenant
• covin

 

Translations

religious community of especially nuns

• Bulgarian: метох (bg) m (metoh)
• Catalan: convent (ca) m
• Finnish: konventti (fi), nunnaluostari (fi)
• French: couvent (fr) m
• Irish: clochar m
• Italian: convento (it) m
• Macedonian: же́нски ма́настир m (žénski mánastir)
• Maori: whare none
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kloster (no) n, nonnekloster n

  Nynorsk: kloster n, nonnekloster n

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• Portuguese: convento (pt) m
• Russian: же́нский монасты́рь m (žénskij monastýrʹ)
• Spanish: convento (es) m
• Swahili: konventi
• Swedish: nunnekloster n, kloster (sv) n
• Tagalog: bahay-madre

building

• Catalan: convent (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修道院 (zh) (xiūdàoyuàn)

• Czech: klášter (cs)
• Finnish: konventti (fi), nunnaluostari (fi)
• Macedonian: ма́настир m (mánastir)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kloster (no) n, nonnekloster n

  Nynorsk: kloster n, nonnekloster n

• Persian: صومعه (fa) (sovme'e)
• Portuguese: convento (pt) m
• Russian: монасты́рь (ru) m (monastýrʹ)
• Spanish: convento (es) m

gathering

• Finnish: konventti (fi), kokous (fi)
• Macedonian: собир m (sobir)
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• Portuguese: convenção (pt) f
• Russian: съезд (ru) m (sʺjezd), слёт (ru) m (sljot), конве́нт (ru) m (konvént)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} couvent (fr) m
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• German: ^{(please verify)} Konvent m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} konvent (sv)

Verb

convent (third-person singular simple present convents, present participle conventing, simple past and past participle convented)

1. (obsolete) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
   • 1613, William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry the Eighth, V. i. 52:

     Tomorrow morning to the Council board / He be convented.

2. (obsolete) To meet together; to concur.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)

3. (obsolete) To be convenient; to serve.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, V. i. 379:

     When that is known and golden time convents.

See also

• monastery
• nunnery

Anagrams

• convnet

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kumˈben]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [koɱˈvent]

Noun

convent m (plural convents)

1. convent (building)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conventus. See also the doublet couvent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɑ̃/

Noun

convent m (plural convents)

1. (archaic, rare) convent, nunnery

Related terms

• convention

Further reading

• “convent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.