CONVENT


Meaning of CONVENT in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ Carmelite , Catholic , Franciscan , etc.

VERB + CONVENT

▪ enter , join

She entered a ~ (= became a nun) at the age of sixteen.

▪ leave

▪ establish , found , set up

The nuns established a ~ here in 1692.

CONVENT + NOUN

▪ building , wall

within the ~ walls (= inside the convent)

▪ education , school

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

She spent her whole life in a ~.

▪ ~ of

the Convent of St Saviour

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