convent

  • 31convent — con|vent [ˈkɔnvənt US ˈka:nvent] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: covent, from Latin conventus group of people who have come together , from convenire; CONVENIENT] a building or set of buildings where ↑nuns live →↑convent school …

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  • 32convent — sb. RG. 433 == the body of people in the convent. 225 B …

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  • 33convent — noun (C) a building or set of buildings where nuns live see also: convent school convention noun 1 (C, U) behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal and right: The handshake is a social convention. | She went… …

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  • 34Convent — Sp Kònventas Ap Convent L JAV Sent Džeimso apyg. c. (Luiziana) …

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  • 35convent — noun even the hardest work at the convent gave her sense of peace and fulfillment Syn: nunnery, monastery, priory, abbey, cloister, religious community …

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  • 36convent —    This word (from the Latin conventus, meaning assembly ) refers to a religious community of people, especiallynuns, united by vows or promises. The word convent may refer to either the community of religious people or the building in which they …

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  • 37convent — The fraternity of an abbey or priory, as societas is the number of fellows in a college. A religious house, now regarded as a merely voluntary association, not importing civil death. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious… …

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  • 38convent — The fraternity of an abbey or priory, as societas is the number of fellows in a college. A religious house, now regarded as a merely voluntary association, not importing civil death. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious… …

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  • 39Convent Bukit Nanas — SMK Convent Bukit Nanas 咖啡山修道院女中 Motto Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty Established 1899 Type …

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  • 40Convent Schools (Great Britain) — • Convent education is treated here not historically but as it is at the present day (Article written in 1908.) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Convent Schools (Great Britain)     Convent Schools (Great Br …

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