CONVENT

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. B. Jonson.

2.
n.

An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns. One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. Shak.

3.
n.

A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery. One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent. Addison.

4.
v.

To meet together; to concur. [obs.] Beau. & Fl.

5.
v.

To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.] When that is known and golden time convents. Shak.

6.
v.

To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] Shak.

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