A gathering of people lasting several days which come from different regions of a country or even the world for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected
a disciplined spiritual residential community for women; similar to a monastery Near Sewanee, St Mary's is a convent for the Sisters of the Community of St Mary
A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live. a building or set of buildings where nuns live convent school (covent, from conventus , from convenire; CONVENIENT)
An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns
convents
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[ 'kän-v&nt, -"vent ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English covent, from Old French, from Medieval Latin conventus, from Latin, assembly, from convenire.