: a local community or house of a religious order or congregation
especially
: an establishment of nuns
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Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Vista Ostuni - Ostuni (opening summer 2025) The upcoming Vista Ostuni will be taking over a former 14th-century palazzo originally constructed as a convent in the ‘White City’ of Ostuni in Puglia.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Mansion also took over Club Allure, a strip club that was embroiled in controversy with a 2014 lawsuit from nuns in the nearby Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo convent.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Detail of the 600-year-old Fra Angelico fresco of a crucifixion that is being restored at a convent outside of Florence.
—Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Vista Ostuni - Ostuni (opening summer 2025) The upcoming Vista Ostuni will be taking over a former 14th-century palazzo originally constructed as a convent in the ‘White City’ of Ostuni in Puglia.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Mansion also took over Club Allure, a strip club that was embroiled in controversy with a 2014 lawsuit from nuns in the nearby Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo convent.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convent. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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