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Definition: Convent |
ConventNoun1. A religious residence especially for nuns. 2. A community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "convent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Satire | CONVENT, n. A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeking refuge in a convent, denotes that your future will be signally free from care and enemies, unless on entering the building you encounter a priest. If so, you will seek often and in vain for relief from worldly cares and mind worry. For a young girl to dream of seeing a convent, her virtue and honestly will be questioned. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonym: ConventSynonym: monastery. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
School | Day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Cell, hermitage; convent; sanctum sanctorum. |
Temple | Monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Convent |
| English words defined with "convent": abbey ♦ Cloister garth, Conventical, Conventual church, Cordelier, Covent ♦ Frater house ♦ Lay brother ♦ nunnery ♦ Port-royalist, priory ♦ Religious house ♦ Spekehouse, Superioress. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "convent": Apostles ♦ Friar John ♦ Gesta Romanorum ♦ Hatto ♦ Rolandseck Tower ♦ Wharton. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "convent": Conventicle. (references) |
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Screenplays | I was raised in a beautiful southern convent! (Chicago; writing credit: Maurine Dallas Watkins; Bob Fosse) She eventually fled to a convent, and on the day she took her Holy Orders, I turned her into a demon. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I killed something in a convent last night. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Max au convent (1913) The Convent of San Clemente (1911) Le Diable au convent (1899) | |
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 | Historical marker of Convent of Mary Immaculate (1878), whose Sisters nursed yellow fever victims. Key West, Florida. Credit: CDC. |  | Sectional axonometric views. Measured drawing delineated by Roland Rodriguez, 1983. (Reproduction Number: HABS TX-319, sheet 2 of 12) The church depicted in these axonometric views is one of the oldest surviving mission churches in the American Southwest. Built in the mid-eighteenth century by Franciscan monks from Spain, the church once served as the centerpiece of a large missionary compound. In its heyday, the mission included a convent, farmland, workshops, a granary, and a pueblo, or quarters, for christianized American Indians. In common with many Catholic churches built at the same time in Spain and Europe, this church features a vaulted stone roof, twin towers, and a dome over the crossing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Main building of the hospital, a converted warehouse, while Dr. Horace Warnder was Surgeon in Charge during the Civil War, as sketched by William Groth. This hospital was staffed by the Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross, St. Mary's Convent, South Bend, Indiana. It also served as staffing base for the Navy hospital ship USS Red Rover. In 1963, this building was a warehouse of the Cairo River & Rail Co. Credit: NAVY. |  | Goritskii-Resurrection Convent, west panorama, with Church of Presentation (1812), in foreground, Goritsy, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Transfiguration Convent, Church of the Transfiguration (1683-92), southwest view, Solikamsk, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Church and convent de las Mercedes. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Avenida Madero. At the right the convent of San Francisco; at the left the house of the Count of the Valley of Orizaba, Mexico, 1850. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ragged heights and dizzy depths of mountainside around convent at Monserrat, Spain. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, La. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Convent of Visitation, Mobile, Ala. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This being the case, when a convent was found on our path, we were compelled to penetrate it. |
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Human Rights | Congo | No reported action was taken against the unknown persons or groups responsible for the following killings in 2000: The numerous reported killings along the road from Uvira to Bukavu; the July killings of 40 persons in an IDP camp; and the June killings of 3 civilians during an attack on a Catholic church and convent in Kabare. (references) |
Minorities | Pakistan | On March 12, men broke into the Lourdes Convent and attacked Sister Christine, a 78-year-old nun; she died in a nearby hospital a few days later. (references) |
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| "Convent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.37% of the time. "Convent" is used about 495 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.37% | 477 | 12,448 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.43% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 495 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Convent, LA |
Expressions using "convent": convent school ♦ enter a convent ♦ make convent ♦ making a convent. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "convent": convent-educated, convent-school. | |
Ending with "convent": ex-convent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "convent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | manastir (cloister, monastery), kuvend (assemblage, assembly, convention, conversation, convocation, diet, moot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جماعة من الراهبات و الرهبان, رهبنة (monastic, order), دير (abb, abbacy, abbess, abbey, cloister, hermitage, monastery, priory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | манастир (abbey, cloister, house, monastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 女修"院 (Conventual, Nunneries, Nunnery), 女修" . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | klášter (cloister, monastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مجمع (Convention, Society), صومعه (Abbey, Cloister, Monastery), دیر (Abbey, Cloister, Late, Long, Monastery, Tardy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nunnaluostari, luostari (abbey, monastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | convient. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kloster (cloister, monastery, monastry, nunnery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γυναικεία μονή, μονή καλόγραιων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ זר (abbey, cloister, monastery, priory), כמרי" (monastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kolostor (abbey, cloister, monastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | biara (abbey, friary, monastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | convento (cloister, monastery), monastero (monastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 尼寺 (nunnery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅうどうい" (abbey, cloister, monastery), しょうじゃ (animate nature, living things, monastery, prosperous person, temple), にそうい" (nunnery), あまでら (nunnery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 수도원 (Conventual, Monasteries, monastery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thie mraane reilt, thie cailleeyn dooey (nunnery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onventcay convento (cloister, hermitage, monastery, monkery). (various references) mãnãstire (abbey, cloister, monastery, monkery, nunnery). (various references) монастырь (abbey, cloister, monastery, monkery, priory). (various references) manastir (cloister, monastery, nunnery, priory). (various references) convento (abbey, cloister, monastery), monasterio (abbey, chartreuse, friary, monastery). (various references) nunnekloster (nunnery), kloster (abbatial, abbey, cloister, monastery). (various references) rahibelerin yaşadığı binalar, manastır (abbey, cloister, friary, monastery, priory). (various references) жіночий монастир (nunnery). (various references) nh tu kín, nữ tu viện (nunnery). (various references) mynachdy (monastery), lleiandy (nunnery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conventu, conventum, conventus, monasterium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "convent": convented, conventicle, conventicler, conventiclers, conventicles, conventing, convention, conventional, conventionalism, conventionalisms, conventionalist, conventionalists, conventionalities, conventionality, conventionalization, conventionalizations, conventionalize, conventionalized, conventionalizes, conventionalizing, conventionally, conventioneer, conventioneers, conventions, convents, conventual, conventually, conventuals. (additional references) | |
Words containing "convent": anticonventional, counterconvention, counterconventions, nonconventional, postconvention, preconvention, preconventions, unconventional, unconventionalities, unconventionality, unconventionally. (additional references) | |
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"Convent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cavent, cevent, concent, concentr, conent, confen, congent, convant, conveat, Conveen, convein, conveint, conven, Convena, convenit, Conventa, conventum, convenz, convet, convien, convient, Convitto, corvent, covnt, culvent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "convent" (pronounced kÄ"nvunt or kÄ"nve'nt) |
| 4 | -v u n t | fervent, insolvent, irrelevant, observant, relevant, servant, solvent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
| 4 | -v e' n t | advent. |
| 3 | -e' n t | disorient, Orient, president, torment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-n-n-o-t-v" | |
-1 letter: nocent. | |
-2 letters: cento, conte, coven, covet, nonce, nonet, tenon, tonne. | |
-3 letters: cent, cone, conn, cote, cove, neon, none, note, once, oven, tone, vent, veto, vote. | |
-4 letters: con, cot, eon, net, not, one, ten, toe, ton, vet, voe. | |
-5 letters: en, et, ne, no, oe, on, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-n-n-o-t-v" | |
+1 letter: coinvent, convents, covenant. | |
+2 letters: coinvents, connivent, convented, covenants, nonvector. | |
+3 letters: coinvented, coinventor, connective, contravene, convecting, convection, convenient, conventing, convention, conventual, convergent, conversant, converting, covenantal, covenanted, covenantee, covenanter, covenantor, nonvectors. | |
+4 letters: coinventing, coinventors, conjunctive, connectives, connotative, contravened, contravener, contravenes, contrivance, convections, conventicle, conventions, conventuals, covenantees, covenanters, covenanting, covenantors, noncreative, nonelective, nonreactive, uncontrived, unconverted, venesection. | |
+5 letters: antiviolence, conjunctivae, conjunctives, connectively, connectivity, conservation, continuative, contraveners, contravening, contrivances, convalescent, convectional, conveniently, conventicler, conventicles, conventional, conventually, conversation, inconvenient, interconvert, nonactivated, nonaddictive, noncognitive, noncombative, nondeceptive, nondeductive, nondirective, noneffective, nonelectives, nonexecutive, noninductive, noninfective, nonobjective, nonselective, overcounting, reconverting, reconvicting, reconviction, uncovenanted, venesections. | |
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