CONVENT


Meaning of CONVENT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

convent school

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

school

We shared a room at convent school .

She went to a different school from us, a convent school, where they had to wear uniform.

Three years at a nice school in Vienna, not too liberated, but at the same time not a convent school.

She was a shy, retiring girl who had been brought up in a convent school after being abandoned as a baby.

When the time came for Annie to leave the convent school she was recommended for training in child welfare.

This stood overgrown and decaying in the grounds of a convent school .

In 1952 I was sent to a local convent school until I was eleven, although my adoptive parents were Protestants.

■ VERB

enter

But my vocation might be to enter the convent here in Normandy.

Cecilia, remaining faithful to her vow to the end, plans to enter a convent .

According to tradition, Mattia entered the convent chapel, cut off her hair, and donned a cast-off habit.

found

Empress Adelaide founded monasteries, convents , and donated generously to the needy.

She founded a convent in Odilienberg.

leave

It was the first communication she'd had with her since the day she left the convent ignominiously and in dire disgrace.

She was forced to leave the convent because of her failing health.

The nuns were just leaving their convent church.

When the time came for Annie to leave the convent school she was recommended for training in child welfare.

Sister Philippa leaves the Carmel convent in Darlington soon.

send

Now she would be sent to a convent of the same order in Dublin where she would do a secretarial course.

In 1952 I was sent to a local convent school until I was eleven, although my adoptive parents were Protestants.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Cecilia, remaining faithful to her vow to the end, plans to enter a convent .

Dona Mencia takes place in Madrid in two different spots: in the home of Dona Mencia and in a convent .

Eve's room in the Dublin convent had no bedside table with a small radio on it.

Flint-based construction company David McLean wants to convert the convent , empty since 1983, for its headquarters and offices.

It contrasted unfavourably with the structured clarity of the convent .

She had the gift of prophecy, performed many miracles and is known to have mysteriously supplied food for the convent .

They had done so well that the convent put photographs of the two girls in the local paper.

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