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A Beguine convent in Amsterdam.
A Beguine convent in Amsterdam. Beghards and Beguines were Roman Catholic lay religious communities active in the 13th and 14th century living in a loose semi- Monastic community Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west
Dominican convent in Tepoztlan, Mexico.
Dominican convent in Tepoztlan, Mexico. The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is There are several monasteries near the Popocatépetl volcano in central Mexico which were built in the 16th century by members of the Franciscan, The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.

A convent is a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion. A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities A Nun is a Woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life See also Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches In modern usage, "convent" almost invariably refers to a community of women, as opposed to the "monastery", for men; but in historical usage they are often interchangeable.

Convento

Convento is a Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese word meaning Convent. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. It may refer to:

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An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. Those living the monastic life are known by the generic terms Monks (men and Nuns (women The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia

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convent

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  1. A religious community whose members, (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows
  2. the buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives
  3. a gathering of people lasting several days which come from different regions of a country or even the world for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected
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