convent
convent
noun
noun
- a Christian community under monastic vows, especially one of nuns
（尤指女子）修道会；修女院
■(亦作 convent school)a school, especially one for girls, attached to and run by such a community
（尤指女子）修道学校；修女学校
■the building or buildings occupied by such a community
（指建筑）修道院，修女院
- Middle English: from Old French, from Latin conventus 'assembly, company', from the verb convenire (see convene). The original spelling was covent (surviving in the place name Covent Garden); the modern form dates from the 16th cent
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