convent
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.vənt/us/ˈkɑːn.vənt/abuildingin whichnuns(=membersof afemalereligiousorder)live
女修道院Compare
monastery
Religious people: monks & nuns
- abbess
- abbey
- abbot
- anchorite
- ascetic
- benedictine
- Franciscan
- friar
- friary
- hermit
- lay brother
- monastic
- monasticism
- monk
- mother
- novice
- prioress
- priory
- Trappist monk
- veil
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Idiom
enter a convent