covent

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English covent, from Old French covent (modern French couvent).

Noun[edit]

covent (plural covents)

  1. (obsolete) Convent.
    • c. 1500, anonymous author, A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483[1]:
      And in this yere deyde Huberd erchebisshop of Caunterbury; and thanne the priour and the covent of Caunterbury chosen in there chapytre hous the noble clerk Stephen of Langeton, ayens the kynges will, whome the pope sacred at Viterke.
    • c. 1589-1590, Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta[2]:
      BARABAS. Marry, the Turk [134] shall be one of my godfathers, But not a word to any of your covent.

Derived terms[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin conventus.

Noun[edit]

covent oblique singularm (oblique plural covenz or coventz, nominative singular covenz or coventz, nominative plural covent)

  1. convent (residence of nuns)

Descendants[edit]

  • English: convent
  • French: couvent