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Recent Examples of convent
Catholic seminaries and convents across Vietnam have also expanded in recent years, producing a bumper crop of young priests and nuns.
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Damien Cave, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Detail of the 600-year-old Fra Angelico fresco of a crucifixion that is being restored at a convent outside of Florence.
—Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Vista Ostuni - Ostuni (opening summer 2025) The upcoming Vista Ostuni will be taking over a former 14th-century palazzo originally constructed as a convent in the ‘White City’ of Ostuni in Puglia.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Damien Cave, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Detail of the 600-year-old Fra Angelico fresco of a crucifixion that is being restored at a convent outside of Florence.
—Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Vista Ostuni - Ostuni (opening summer 2025) The upcoming Vista Ostuni will be taking over a former 14th-century palazzo originally constructed as a convent in the ‘White City’ of Ostuni in Puglia.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
There are hints of nuclear incident, climate collapse, AI run amok — all filtered through the narrow perspective of a survivor’s diary written in a convent where evil nuns hold sway over the worthy and unworthy alike.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for convent
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Jeff Bezos was set to celebrate his lavish wedding to Lauren Sánchez at the Fondazione Cini, a cultural institution on the island which occupies a large part of a Benedictine monastery established there in 982 A.D.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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But other outlets, including CNN and The Hollywood Reporter, report that the couple may get married on the private island of San Giorgio Maggiore, specifically in a monastery there.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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The wedding festivities kicked off on Thursday, June 27, with a welcome party, held in a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell'Orto church.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
29 June 2025
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According to People, the couple hosted a welcome party for their guests in a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell'Orto church Thursday night.—
Janelle Ash , Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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One was an indictment in the Calendar of Patent Rolls of Edward III, detailing how Ela and her husband, Forde, and several other accomplices raided a Benedictine priory in 1321.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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The crime–assisting in the raid of a Benedictine priory alongside Sir Fitzpayne.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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“Convent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convent. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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