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English
Etymology
From Middle English covent, from Old French covent (modern French couvent).
Noun
covent (plural covents)
- (obsolete) Convent.
- c. 1500, anonymous author, A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483[1]:
- And in this yere deyde Huberd erchebisshop of Caunterbury; and thanne the priour and the covent of Caunterbury chosen in there chapytre hous the noble clerk Stephen of Langeton, ayens the kynges will, whome the pope sacred at Viterke.
Derived terms
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Inherited from Latin conventus (“gathering; agreement”).
Noun
covent m (plural covents) (ORB, broad)
Derived terms
References
- couvent in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- covent in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
- covent in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French covent, from Latin conventus.
Pronunciation
Noun
covent
- A congregation or meeting; an assembled group of people.
- A group or order of (male or female) monastics; a convent.
- A monastery; a building housing such a group.
- (rare) A group of missiles.
Descendants
References
- “cǒvent, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Etymology
Noun
covent oblique singular, m (oblique plural covenz or coventz, nominative singular covenz or coventz, nominative plural covent)
- convent (residence of nuns)
Descendants
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