covent

See also: Covent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French covent, French couvent.

Noun

covent (plural covents)

  1. (obsolete) Convent.
    • c. 1500, Anonymous, A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483‎:
      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.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta‎:
      BARABAS. Marry, the Turk [134] shall be one of my godfathers, But not a word to any of your covent.

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Noun

covent m (oblique plural covenz or coventz, nominative singular covenz or coventz, nominative plural covent)

  1. convent (residence of nuns)

Descendants

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