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NUNNERY |
Convent |
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ABBEY |
Convent |
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PRIORY |
Convent |
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SISTER |
Convent dweller |
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NUN |
Convent dweller |
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ABBESSES |
Convent heads |
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ABBESS |
Convent superior |
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NUNS |
Convent residents |
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CLOISTER |
Convent or monastery |
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COVENT |
A convent or monastery. |
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HABITFORMING |
Dressmaking in convent could become addictive |
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FRIARY |
A monastery; a convent of friars. |
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CONVENTUAL |
Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. |
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SPEKEHOUSE |
The parlor or reception room of a convent. |
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CONVENTICAL |
Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. |
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CELL |
A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. |
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SUPERIOR |
The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like. |
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LAMASERY |
A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia,
etc. |
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SUPERIORESS |
A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or
nunnery; a lady superior. |
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JACOBIN |
A Dominican friar; -- so named because, before the French
Revolution, that order had a convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris. |
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CENOBITE |
One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a
community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in
solitude. |
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PROBATION |
The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to
probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule. |
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GRATING |
A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars;
a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or
convent. |
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RECTOR |
The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious
house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary
or college. |
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HEBDOMADARY |
A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to
officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on
extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors. |