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convent

[kon-vent, -vuhnt] / ˈkɒn vɛnt, -vənt /


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Walk through the Convent of San Marco in Florence, and you’ll see Crucifixion after Crucifixion in frescos by the 15th-century painter Fra Angelico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Bishop Montgomery 8, Ramona Convent 2: Macey Kim struck out 17 for the Knights.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

He also visited the Mount Saint Vincent Convent in the Bronx and interviewed nuns and priests.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

While enrolled at Alton Convent School in Hampshire, England, she sang in the choir, and in her early teens, she listened to disco and dressed like a punk, a look she said was “really unfashionable.”

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

The white walls and towers of the Convent of Santa Clara rose out of bougainvillea hedges dense with violet and crimson flowers.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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