Definition of Convent

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CONVENT noun

	A place of retirement for woman who wish for leisure to meditate upon the vice of idleness.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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Regular definition:

CONVENT:
?k?nv?nt n. 1 a religious community, esp. of nuns, under vows. 2 the premises occupied by this. 3 (in full convent school) a school attached to and run by a convent. [ME f. AF covent, OF convent f. L conventus assembly (as CONVENE)]

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