Definition of convent

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Convent (v. i.) A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.

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Form :: Form (n.) Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form..
Meeting :: Meeting (n.) A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting..
Conventicle :: Conventicle (n.) A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly..
Rector :: Rector (n.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
Kyriological :: Kyriological (a.) Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic..
Form :: Form (n.) Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer..
Death's-head :: Death's-head (n.) A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..
Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France..
Lamasery :: Lamasery (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc..
Canoness :: Canoness (n.) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
Formality :: Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience..
Conventionalizing :: Conventionalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conventionaliz.
Up-train :: Up-train () A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
Formality :: Formality (n.) An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.
Friary :: Friary (n.) Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.
Conventionalism :: Conventionalism (n.) That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage..
Diet :: Diet (n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521..
Convention :: Convention (v. i.) General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.
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