Usually means: Communities where religious individuals live.
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  1. convents: Merriam-Webster
  2. convents: Collins English Dictionary
  3. convents: Vocabulary.com
  4. Convent's, Convents, convent's, convents: Wordnik
  5. convents: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. convents: Wiktionary
  7. convents: Dictionary.com
  8. convents: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Convents: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Convent)

noun:  A religious community whose members live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
noun:  The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives.
noun:  (now especially) Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.
noun:  (India) A Christian school.
noun:  A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected.
noun:  A coming together; a meeting.
verb:  (obsolete) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
verb:  (obsolete) To meet together; to concur.
verb:  (obsolete) To be convenient; to serve.
noun:  A census-designated place, the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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