Definition of convent

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Convent (v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.

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Nunnery :: Nunnery (n.) A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent..
Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..
Argot :: Argot (n.) A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash..
Conventionality :: Conventionality (n.) The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.
Convent :: Convent (v. i.) A coming together; a meeting.
Conventionist :: Conventionist (n.) One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..
Customary :: Customary (a.) Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual..
Conventioner :: Conventioner (n.) One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
Factitious :: Factitious (a.) Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste..
Order :: Order (n.) A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order..
Conventionalities :: Conventionalities (pl. ) of Conventionalit.
Conventual :: Conventual (a.) Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
Formality :: Formality (n.) An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.
Cell :: Cell (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit..
Spekehouse :: Spekehouse (n.) The parlor or reception room of a convent.
Conventionalizing :: Conventionalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conventionaliz.
Convent :: Convent (v. i.) To be convenient; to serve.
Size :: Size (n.) A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale..
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