[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

convent \convent"\, v. i. l. conventus, p. p. of convenire.
   see convene, v. i.
   1. to meet together; to concur. obs. --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   2. to be convenient; to serve. obs.
      1913 webster

            when that is known and golden time convents. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
convene 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

convent \convent"\, v. t.
   to call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
   obs. --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

convent \con"vent\, n. l. conventus a meeting, ll. also, a
   convent. see convene, v. i.
   1. a coming together; a meeting. obs.
      1913 webster

            a usual ceremony at their the witches convents or
            meetings.                             --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

   2. an association or community of recluses devoted to a
      religious life; a body of monks or nuns.
      1913 webster

            one of our convent, and his the duke's confessor.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a
      monastery or nunnery.
      1913 webster

            one seldom finds in italy a spot of ground more
            agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a
            convent.                              --addison.

   syn: nunnery; monastery; abbey. see cloister.
        1913 webster
see also:
convene cloister 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

convent
     n 1: a religious residence especially for nuns
     2: a community of people in a religious order especially nuns
        living together

[5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

convent, n.  a place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to
meditate upon the vice of idleness.

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

convent, la
  zip codes: 70723

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