convent

Definition of convent in English English dictionary: A religious community whose members, (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows; The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives; 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; {n} a religious house, nunnery, monastery; {v} to call before a judge, to summon; a religious residence especially for nuns; 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; {i} group of nuns; home for nuns; a religious residence especially for nuns a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together; A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery; The residence or home where the members of a Religious community of Sisters live; ional mortgage: Mortgage not FHA insured or guaranteed by the VA, so-called because it is the most popular home financing method; A coming together; a meeting; a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together; 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); To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene; a monastic community of men or women; To meet together; to concur; To be convenient; to serve; An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns
convent school: A convent school is a school where many of the teachers are nuns. a school for girls that is run by Roman Catholic nuns
convented: Brought together, convened
Socrates in a fair, seeing so many things bought and sold, such a multitude of people convented to that purpose, exclaimed forthwith, “O ye gods, what a sight of things do not I want!”.
convented: Simple past tense and past participle of convent
convention: A formal agreement, contract or pact
convention: A generally accepted principle, method or behaviour
The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.
convention: The convening of a formal meeting
convention: A treaty or supplement to such
The Vienna convention at the Vienna Congress (1814-15) standardized most of diplomatic conduct for generations.
convention: A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates
The EU installed an inter-institutional Convention to draft a European constitution.
convention: A meeting or gathering
The convention was held in Geneva.
conventional: Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour
conventionality: The state of being conventional
conventionally: ordinarily, by convention
conventional: Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal. a respectable married woman with conventional opinions. unconventional + conventionally con·ven·tion·al·ly People still wore their hair short and dressed conventionally
convented: {a} summoned before a court, cited
convention: {n} an assembly, meeting, temporary treaty, an assembly of representatives to form a constitution
conventional: {a} agreed on or done by contract
conventional: (weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
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convention: Binding agreement between states; used synonymously with Treaty and Covenant Conventions are stronger than Declarations because they are legally binding for governments that have signed them When the UN General Assembly adopts a convention, it creates international norms and standards Once a convention is adopted by the UN General Assembly, Member States can then Ratify the convention, promising to uphold it Governments that violate the standards set forth in a convention can then be censured by the UN
convention: A theatrical custom that the audience accepts without thinking, such as "when the curtain comes down, the play is over " Each period and culture develops its own dramatic conventions, which playwrights may either accept or violate
convention: indicates that the item identified in _item_related related_name differs from the defined item only in terms of a convention in its expression
convention: A technique, practice, or procedure that is established by usage and widely accepted
convention: formal agreement, often involving different countries
convention: The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition
convention: (diplomacy) an international agreement a large formal assembly; "political convention
convention: An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, as the assembly which restored Charles II
convention: accepted practice in written language
convention: (diplomacy) an international agreement
convention: A meeting or a gathering
convention: General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality
convention: A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society. It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts Despite her wish to defy convention, she had become pregnant and married at
convention: A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp
convention: A convention is a large meeting of an organization or political group. the annual convention of the Society of Professional Journalists. the Republican convention. = conference. Annapolis Convention Constitutional Convention Gastein Convention of Hartford Convention Montreux Convention Nashville Convention National Convention Convention Nationale political convention Convention on Biological Diversity Seneca Falls Convention Bern Convention International Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
convention: `Filing by the Convention' means obeying the rules established by the 1883 Paris Convention This usually has the connotation of filing foreign applications within 12 months of the priority date application
convention: an established practice, technique or device (Arts)
convention: = custom
convention: A meeting, at state or national level, of "delegates" from a political party These delegates vote for the person they want their party to nominate for political office The nominated candidate will then compete in the general election with the candidates of other parties, and against any independent candidates, not endorsed by a political party In modern U S presidential politics, "convention" usually refers to the national conventions of the Democratic and Republican parties, held every four years, during the Summer before the general election (which is held in November) These conventions, which include delegates from all states of the Union, the District of Columbia, and U S territories, formally nominate the presidential candidate For more detail, see documents on The Nominating Process
convention: the accepted way of doing things, for example, there are conventions in grammar, punctuation and spelling, which are generally accepted as the 'right' way to do things
convention: a meeting of a church body, as in a diocesan convention: "Tennessee is having its convention this weekend at St Marks " =The Diocese of Tennessee is gathering as a dicocese at St Marks church
convention: An official gathering of the delegates of one party to select candidates for office and formulate party policies (the party's platform) National party conventions are held during the summer before November presidential elections The presidential and vice-presidential candidates (the presidential ticket) are nominated by the delegates attending their party's national convention Delegates are from each of the states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the various U S Territories
convention: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
convention: a formal agreement among governments
convention: 1 A call that serves by partnership agreement to convey a meaning not necessarily related to the denomination named (for definition of conventional pass, see Law 30C) 2 Defender's play that serves to convey a meaning by agreement rather than inference
convention: A diocesan meeting (usually held annually) to elect officials, propose resolutions, and to pass laws to govern the diocesan body
convention: {i} conference; treaty; agreement; routine, custom
convention: Binding agreement between states; used synonymously with TREATY and COVENANT Conventions are stronger than DECLARATIONS because they are legally binding for governments that have signed them When the UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY adopts a convention, it creates international norms and standards Once a convention is adopted by the UN General Assembly, MEMBER STATES can then RATIFY the convention, promising to uphold it Govern ments that violate the standards set forth in a convention can then be censured by the UN
convention: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
convention: of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical
convention: A large {assembly} of Jehovah's people, combining congregations from a number of {circuits} International conventions include small groups of {delegates} and some individual travelers from countries outside the country of the convention's location <<The Watch Tower Society has sponsored annual two and three day conventions for Jehovah's people throughout the world for many years >>
convention: the act of convening something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
convention: 1 A call that, by partnership agreement, conveys a meaning other than willingness to play in the denomination named (or in the last denomination named), or high-card strength or length (three cards or more) there However, an agreement as to overall strength does not make a call a convention 2 Defender's play that serves to convey a meaning by agreement rather than inference
convention: A document usually developed by an industry, sometimes by a company, which describes the selected subset of a standard and the way data will be used by the industry or company EDI trading community
convention: to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II
convention: An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments
convention: a large formal assembly; "political convention"
convention: A formal assembly or meeting Every four years the Democratic and Republican parties hold conventions to nominate their candidates for President and Vice-President, but there are all sorts of conventions held for all sorts of reasons and organizations There is usually some kind of convention going on in Cleveland all the time
convention: A convention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people. the UN convention on climate change. the Geneva convention
convention: In art, literature, or the theatre, a convention is a traditional method or style. the stylistic conventions of Egyptian art
convention: the act of convening
convention: A legally binding agreement, often among many parties Convention
convention: written legal agreement between countries
convention: (From Latin convenire: "to come together ") Legally binding agreement between states sponsored by an international organization
convention: a common way of doing something, such as a poetic form, or a common topic like the "carpe diem" or "ubi sunt" themes, or making lists (see catalogue verse), or a regularly-used figure of speech
convention: A generally accepted method or behaviour
convention: traditional practises in opera related either to the treatment of the music, or to the stagecraft, based on custom or practicality It is sometimes thought of in opposition to naturalism
conventional: A Conventional Mortgage loan is any residential mortgage loan not insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration ( VA) or Farmers Home Administration (FmFa) It's called "conventional" because it conforms to accepted standards Most conventional loans are either Conforming or Jumbo loans See the loan limits for conventional loans
conventional: unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
conventional: Conventional weapons and wars do not involve nuclear explosives. We must reduce the danger of war by controlling nuclear, chemical and conventional arms
conventional: 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
conventional: A transformer that has no protective equipment (fuses, breakers, arresters) They are used when the protective equipment is provided by a fuse cutout attached to the pole beside the transformer
conventional: uses a hood in front of the cab to house the engine and other components Conventionals are the style preferred by most drivers in North America, though cabovers still have their place Over-the-road fleets running longer trailers favor Cabovers
conventional: conventional wisdom: see wisdom
conventional: ordinary, commonplace
conventional: in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"
conventional: A type of loan that is not guaranteed under any government program Government guaranteed (insured) loan programs include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans Administration (VA), as well as the Farmers Home Administration
conventional: Mortgage - A mortgage which is not FHA insured or VA guaranteed
conventional: Conventionalize, v
conventional: following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
conventional: rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
conventional: Term used to describe the accepting of a shared set of rules by a speech community English dog 'dog' is a convention our speech community shares Using /z/ to pluralize it is a common morphological convention we share Human languages are largely arbitrary and conventional
conventional: represented in simplified or symbolic form
conventional: Mortgage A mortgage that is not insured or guaranteed by the federal government
conventional: No special ecological growing practices, allowing for the probability of agri-chemicals to be used
conventional: conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"
conventional: A conventional method or product is one that is usually used or that has been in use for a long time. the risks and drawbacks of conventional family planning methods These discs hold more than 400 times as much information as a conventional computer floppy disk. = traditional + conventionally con·ven·tion·al·ly Organically grown produce does not differ greatly in appearance from conventionally grown crops
conventional: Cf
conventional: Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules
conventional: Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal
conventional: {s} customary, routine; formal
conventional: A mortgage which does not exceed 75% of the value of the property
conventional: Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated
conventionalities: {i} rules of conventional social behavior
conventionality: Something conventional; a convention
conventionality: unoriginality as a result of being too conventional
conventionality: {i} quality of being usual or accepted; adherence to accepted norms
conventionality: 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
conventionality: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
conventionality: conformity with conventional thought and behavior
conventionality: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional unoriginality as a result of being too conventional conformity with conventional thought and behavior
conventionally: in a conventional manner; "he usually behaves rather conventionally
conventionally: according to custom, according to accepted norms; formally
conventionally: In a conventional manner
conventionally: in a conventional manner; "he usually behaves rather conventionally"
conventions: Conventions are bidding methods that partners have agreed upon before the session Conventions may or may not be natural bids Many conventions are artificial bids, implying hand strength or suit length
conventions: recurrent techniques, practices, or devices followed by writers that reflect the time a writer lived in and which was acceptable to the cultural expectations of the public
conventions: in media content, certain distinctive, standardized style elements of individual genres
conventions: Method of operating a computer You can use pointing devices, such as a "Mouse" or the keyboard
conventions: Commonly accepted rules of edited American English (e g , spelling, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and variation in sentence structure)
conventions: The rules governing fencing for a specific weapon
conventions: Conventions are the mechanical correctness of the piece-spelling, grammar and usage, paragraphing (indenting at the appropriate spots), use of capitals, and punctuation Writing that is strong in conventions has been proofread and edited with care Handwriting and neatness are not part of this trait Since this trait has so many pieces to it, it's almost a holistic trait within an analytic system As you assess a piece for convention, ask yourself: "How much work would a copy editor need to do to prepare the piece for publication?" This will keep all of the elements in conventions equally in play Conventions is the only trait where we make specific grade level accommodations
conventions: Norms that describe how to act in everyday life
conventions: – the use of standard written English
conventions: the generally accepted standards of (written) language including grammar, spelling, punctuation, language usage, capitalization, legibility, sentence structure and paragraphing; a collection of accepted knowledge
conventions: the rules governing the method of fencing for each weapon
conventions: In a literary sense, established "codes" of basic principles and procedures for types of works that are recurrent in literature The prevailing conventions of their time strongly influence writers to select content, forms, style, diction, etc , which is acceptable to the cultural expectations of the public Sidelight: A knowledge of conventions, particularly from an historical aspect, aids the reader in the understanding, interpretation, and appreciation of literary works, particularly poems following the classical pastoral and epic conventions Sidelight: Conventions can change over time Their very existence fosters the emergence of originality and serves as a comparative measure and contrast to new concepts
conventions: A set of formatting or stylistic standards that apply to a specific document or online Help file
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conventions: Plural of convention
conventions: Use of standard written English
conventions: (con·ven·tion) Pronunciation: k&n-'ven-ch&n Function: noun : a custom or a way of acting or doing things that is widely accepted and followed <the conventions of punctuation>
convents: plural of convent
go into a convent: become a nun, join a convent, renounce the material world for a life of religious devotion