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noun a religious residence especially for nuns
noun a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
originFrom Middle English convent, variant of covent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventus, perfect participle of the verb convenio (whence ultimately convene), see con- + venio. Doublet of coven.
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