convent
English Thesaurus
1. a religious residence especially for nuns (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | cloister, religious residence, |
| definition | : | residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | abbey, |
| definition | : | a convent ruled by an abbess (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | nunnery, |
| definition | : | the convent of a community of nuns (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | cell, cubicle, |
| definition | : | small room in which a monk or nun lives (noun.artifact) |
2. a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | community, |
| definition | : | a group of people living in a particular local area (noun.group) |
3. a religious residence especially for nuns (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical, cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical, |
| definition | : | of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical, cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical, |
| definition | : | of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all) |
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