covent

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English

Etymology

From Middle English covent, from Old French covent (modern French couvent).

Noun

covent (plural covents)

  1. (obsolete) Convent.
    • c. 1500, anonymous author, 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.
    • c. 1589-1590, 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

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin conventus (“gathering; agreement”).

Noun

covent m (plural covents) (ORB)

  1. pledge
  2. salary
  3. convent

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

  • IPA(key): /kuˈvɛnt/, /ˈkuvɛnt/, /-ant/
  • (after Latin) IPA(key): /kɔnˈvɛnt/, /ˈkɔnvɛnt/

Noun

covent

  1. A congregation or meeting; an assembled group of people.
  2. A group or order of (male or female) monastics; a convent.
  3. A monastery; a building housing such a group.
  4. (rare) A group of missiles.

Descendants

  • English: convent; coven (obsolete covent)
  • Middle Scots: covent, convent

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Noun

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

  1. convent (residence of nuns)

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