Definition of convent

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con·vent    (knvnt, -vnt) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A community, especially of nuns, bound by vows to a religious life under a superior.
2. The building or buildings occupied by such a community.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English covent, from Old French, from Medieval Latin conventus, from Latin, assembly, from past participle of convenre, to assemble ; see convene