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convent

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


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Those nuns continued to live in the same convent, worship in the same chapel, and receive Communion side by side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

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

Outside the narrow window of my convent cell, leaves of linden and oak turned gold and brown and red and fell to the ground with every gust of wind.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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