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Thursday, February 13th, 2025
the Fifth Week after Epiphany
the Fifth Week after Epiphany
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Convent
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(Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together), a term applied to an association of persons secluded from the world and devoted to a religious life, and hence to the building in which they live, a monastery or (more particularly) nunnery. The diminution "conventicle" (conventiculum), generally used in a contemptuous sense as implying sectarianism, secrecy or illegality, is applied to the meetings or meeting-places of religious or other dissenting bodies.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Convent'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/convent.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Convent'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/convent.html. 1910.