convent school

Sisters' teaching institution

A convent school is a school operated by nuns, typically Catholic and often for girls only.

The term evokes traditional religious education with strict discipline: She attended convent school through eighth grade.

Many have become coeducational or secular while retaining the name.

education

nuns

Female religious monastics

discipline · uniform · chapel · prayers · single-sex · curriculum · strictness · dormitory · Mother Superior · catechism

religious

Catholic

Papal church adherent

  • nunsFemale religious monastics
  • chapelSmall worship room
  • massQuantity of matter

habit · prayers · sacrament · devotion · crucifix · rosary · vows · sisterhood · piety · liturgy

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religious affiliation

convent schoolsecular school

Non-denominational educational institution

public school · state school · madrasa · yeshiva · Montessori school

institutional control

convent schoolpublic school

Free government-run education

state school · community school · charter school · public institution · free school

gender composition

convent schoolboys' school

Single-sex male institution

all-boys school · military academy · seminary · prep school

Family

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