covent

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noun

Convent.

OriginMiddle English covent ← Old French covent →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

nouncovent (plural covents)

plural covents

  1. obsoleteConvent.

    BARABAS. Marry, the Turk [134] shall be one of my godfathers, But not a word to any of your covent.

    c. 1589-1590, Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta
    1 more example

    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. 1500, anonymous author, A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483

Origin

  1. Old Frenchcovent
  2. Middle Englishcovent
  3. Englishcovent

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

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APA

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MLA

“covent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “covent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covent.

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