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convent

[kon-vent, -vuhnt] / ˈkɒn vɛnt, -vənt /


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Giulio Cesareo, director of communications for the Franciscan convent in Assisi said he hoped the display could be "a meaningful experience" for believers and non-believers alike.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

In Rome, they founded the convent of Santa Maria del Popolo at one of the city's main entrances, with trees and gardens nearby.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

Seasonal purists could just download the dozen or so Christmas episodes of this long-running and still-exceptional drama about a group of midwives working out of a convent in London’s East End.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

The remainder of the film is mostly set across the border in northern Italy, at a convent where the choir goes for three days of intensive rehearsal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Schooled in a convent and raised on a modest horse ranch just outside of Salinas, where her father was a lawyer, she had once been named Lettuce Queen at the annual Salinas Lettuce Festival.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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