convent
Example Sentences
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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
Seasonal purists could just download the dozen or so Christmas episodes of this long-running and still-exceptional drama about a group of midwives working out of a convent in London’s East End.
From Los Angeles Times
That this is all unfolding at a convent is an obvious irony, though as handled here it isn’t a cheap or facile one.
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