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convent
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...
is a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters or nuns, or the building used by such a community.
Convent or convento may also refer to:
Places
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Convent, Louisiana, U.S.
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Convent Gallery
The Convent Gallery is located in the Spa region of Daylesford, in Central Victoria, Australia.
The Convent Gallery's origins date back to the 1860s gold rush, home to the Gold Commissioner, and then known as 'Blarney Castle'. The Catholic Ch ...
, an art museum in Australia
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Convento Building (Mission San Fernando)
The Convento Building, known for its iconic arched portico or colonnade, was built between 1808 and 1822 and is the only original building remaining at the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in the Mission Hills section of San Fernando Valley in ...
, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Hotel El Convento
Hotel El Convento is a small hotel in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what was a Carmelite convent, adjoining the San Juan Cathedral square. The cathedral is the second-oldest cathedral in the Western Hemisphere. Hotel El Convento is the oldest me ...
, a hotel in Puerto Rico
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Schools
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Dominican Convent High School, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Dominican Convent High School, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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Dominican Convent Primary School, Bulawayo
Dominican Convent Primary School (also known as Convent or DC) is a Catholic, independent, preparatory day school for girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The school was founded in 1895 by the Dominican Sisters, laying its claim to being the oldest scho ...
, Zimbabwe
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Dominican Convent Primary School, Harare
Dominican may refer to:
* Someone or something from or related to the Dominican Republic ( , stress on the "mi"), on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean
** People of the Dominican Republic
** Demographics of the Domi ...
, Zimbabwe
Other uses
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Convent (band)
Emilie Autumn Liddell (born September 22, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, author and violinist. Autumn's musical style is described by her as "Fairy Pop", "Fantasy Rock" or "Victoriandustrial". It is influenced by glam rock and ...
, a project of Emilie Autumn
See also
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The Convent (disambiguation)
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