Convent and Order

Convent

Convent noun - A religious residence especially for nuns.

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Order and convent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Order" instead a noun "Convent".

Nearby Words: convention, conventual

Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

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Convent and order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Convent" instead a noun "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

full	full convent	full order
complete	complete convent	complete order
small	small convent	small order
actual	actual convent	actual order
Other adjectives: entire, real, strict, religious, eponymous.

In Les Misérables, Jean Valjean arranges for himself to be buried alive in order to get out of the convent in which he's hiding.

Source: Buried Alive
Margit retires to a convent, and all is back to order.This play contains the following tropes: Abhorrent Admirer: Bengt - as far as Margit is concerned.

Source: Theatre / The Feast at Solhaug
Call the Midwife: It's set in a convent for an order of Anglican midwife-nuns (with a few midwives not in Holy Orders also living there).

Source: Nuns Are Funny

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