Convent
Convent noun - A religious residence especially for nuns.
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Synonyms for Convent
Monastery is a synonym for convent in refuge topic. In some cases you can use "Monastery" instead a noun "Convent", when it comes to topics like abbey, priory, cloister, nunnery.
Nearby Words: convention, conventual
Monastery
Monastery noun - A residence for men under religious vows.
Usage example: Gregory Mendel worked out his concepts of genetics by doing breeding experiments using pea plants in the monastery's garden
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Synonyms for Monastery
Convent is a synonym for monastery in abbey topic. You can use "Convent" instead a noun "Monastery", if it concerns topics such as refuge, priory, cloister, friary.
Nearby Word: monastic
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- The cultural trope of Marian visionaries joining a convent/monastery and/or dying young is so codified nad ingrained in everyone's minds that visionaries often get criticised if they stay in the secular world or directly intervene in secular or religious matters.
Source: Taking the Veil - For situations about women actually entering a convent, see Taking the Veil and/or Locked Away in a Monastery.
Source: Get Thee to a Nunnery - Nor is convent (type of monastery, generally all-female)
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