convent
Example Sentences
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Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.
The adaptation retained the 18th-century setting and the central plot: The teenage siren Manon, on her way to a convent, runs off with a smitten young aristocrat, the Chevalier Des Grieux.
The women find refuge in a convent and, ultimately, in a seaside town where some measure of peace awaits them.
From Los Angeles Times
In Rome, they founded the convent of Santa Maria del Popolo at one of the city's main entrances, with trees and gardens nearby.
From Science Daily
The rumor I’ve heard is that the Ranch was an abandoned convent before Dr.
From Literature
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