convent

as in monastery
a group of nuns who live together She joined a convent.

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Recent Examples of convent The origin story of the evil spirit Valak from The Conjuring 2, The Nun stars Taissa Farmiga (sister of Vera) as Irene, a young novitiate and clairvoyant summoned to a convent to investigate a fellow nun’s suicide. Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 Orphaned at 10 years old, he was educated at a convent in his hometown of Auxerre. Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025 All this unfolds while the days count down, flagged by bold onscreen graphics, to the Day Zero when Teresa will get her papal dispensation and leave the convent to start her new order. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025 Once a convent, the building now blends historic character with contemporary design, creating a truly distinctive living experience. Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for convent
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Noun
  • Carved into Cappadocia’s moon-like terrain, this thousand-year-old monastery and historical village is now a boutique hotel.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Balenciaga was like a monk and never left his monastery.
    James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Staged at the atmospheric Cloître Saint-Trophime–a 12th-century Romanesque cloister and UNESCO World Heritage Site–this exhibition is the winning project of the BMW ART MAKERS 2025 programme and marks the 15th year of BMW France’s cultural partnership with the festival.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Give yourself ample time to tour the 42-acre complex; besides the mausoleum, there is a mosque, a guest house, cloisters, courtyards, and vast gardens. 6.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
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  • One was an indictment in the Calendar of Patent Rolls of Edward III, detailing how Ela and her husband, Forde, and several other accomplices raided a Benedictine priory in 1321.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
  • The crime–assisting in the raid of a Benedictine priory alongside Sir Fitzpayne.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025

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