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Convent

A coming together; a meeting.

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Abbey 76% connected

A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildin…

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Nunnery 76% connected

A house in which nuns reside; a cloister or convent in which women reside for life, under religious vows. See Cloister, and Convent.

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Cloister 76% connected

An inclosed place.

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Community 76% connected

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

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Conventual 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.

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Conventual 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.

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Cell 70% connected

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Cubicle 70% connected

A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.

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Sect 70% connected

A cutting; a scion.

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