convent
Cloistered sisters' home
A convent is a community of nuns living under religious vows, or the building where they reside.
The term sometimes extends to communities of monks or friars, though monastery is more common for men.
She entered a convent at nineteen.
Convent schools are educational institutions run by nuns.
Monastery for women
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- prioryLesser monastic house
- sisterhoodBond among women
prioress · novitiate · postulant · habit · veil · vespers · matins · compline
Covered monastic walkway
- chapelSmall worship room
- refectoryInstitutional dining room
- dormitoryStudent living building
- cellBasic unit of life
scriptorium · infirmary · parlor · gatehouse · choir · transept · bell tower · courtyard
Deep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- prayerAddress to deity
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
mysticism · divine · sacred · worship · faith · grace · spiritual · discernment
Place of safety
- asylumShelter from persecution
- havenShelter from danger
- shelterProtected place or structure
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
protection · safety · escape · seclusion · solitude · peace · quietude · sanctuary
Abstaining from sexual activity
- povertySevere lack of resources
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
abstinence · dedication · commitment · profession · solemn vows · perpetual vows · purity · sacrifice
Notable point of reference
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- historicalOf documented times
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
monument · cultural · legacy · conservation · patrimony · relics · tourism · UNESCO
nunnery
Monastery for women
sisterhood · prioress · novitiate · postulant · habit · veil · vespers · matins · compline · chapel
cloister
Covered monastic walkway
cell · scriptorium · infirmary · parlor · gatehouse · choir · transept · bell tower · courtyard · arcade
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
contemplation · mysticism · divine · sacred · worship · faith · grace · spiritual · discernment · calling
refuge
Place of safety
retreat · protection · safety · escape · seclusion · solitude · peace · quietude · sanctuary · safehouse
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
- povertySevere lack of resources
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
renunciation · abstinence · dedication · commitment · profession · solemn vows · perpetual vows · purity · sacrifice · fidelity
landmark
Notable point of reference
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- historicalOf documented times
antiquity · monument · cultural · legacy · conservation · patrimony · relics · tourism · UNESCO · adaptive reuse
- churchesBaptist church, Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Baptist churches, Lutheran Church
- communitiesgated community, family, retirement community, neighbors, cohousing
- isolated communitiesmountain towns, desert tribes, remote villages, fishing villages, monastery
- religious organizationsBaptist churches, congregations, Methodist churches, Methodist Church, parishes
- women's groupssorority, sisterhood, nuns, women's club, women's league
- conventabbess, cloister, habit, novice, sisterhood
conventmonastery
Religious seclusion dwelling
friary · abbey · priory · hermitage · brotherhood
conventmarketplace
Venue for commerce
city · secular life · home · workplace
conventbrothel
Commercial sex establishment
whorehouse · den of iniquity · bordello · bawdy house · house of ill repute
- convention centreFacility hosting large gatherings
- convention centerFacility for large gatherings
- convention floor
- convent schoolSchool run by nuns
- national conventionCountrywide political assembly
- Geneva ConventionWartime humanitarian law treaties
convention, convenient, convene, unconventional, convened, convents, nonconventional