convent
/ˈkɑn.vɛnt/ noun B2- A religious community whose members live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows. · Near-synonym: abbey
- The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives.
- Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.
- A Christian school.
- A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected.
- A coming together; a meeting.
Plural convents
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Speak, then, without reserve, as without hatred; tell the truth, the whole truth; I do not know, never may know, the persons of whom you are about to speak; besides, I am an Italian, and not a Frenchman, and belong to God, and not to man, and I shall shortly retire to my convent, which I have only quitted to fulfil the last wishes of a dying man.”
“When I wished to retire into a convent, you remember how angry you were with me?” A tear trembled in the eye of the invalid.
“She could, nevertheless, make up her mind to renounce the world, sir, since it is only about a year ago that she herself proposed entering a convent.”
If your daughter had committed only one crime, and I saw her meditating another, I would say ‘Warn her, punish her, let her pass the remainder of her life in a convent, weeping and praying.’ If she had committed two crimes, I would say, ‘Here, M.
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