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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CONVENT

kon-vent': Found in the King James Version margin of Jeremiah 49:19: "Who will convent me in judgment?" and in Jeremiah 50:44: "Who will convent me to plead?" The Hebrew term which is rendered convent is ya`adh, and it means to summon to a court, to call on to plead. Convent is obsolete, but it was formerly used, and meant to summon, or to call before a judge. Shakespeare used it several times. In King Henry VIII, Act V, he said, "The lords of the council hath commanded that the archbishop be convented to the council board."

Library

To Sister Eugenia, Her Niece at the Convent of Saint Agnes of ...
... LETTERS TO SISTER EUGENIA, HER NIECE AT THE CONVENT OF SAINT AGNES OF
MONTEPULCIANO. Two nieces, daughters of Bartolo Benincasa, were ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to sister eugenia her niece.htm

Letter Liii to Another Holy virgin of the Convent of S. Mary of ...
... LETTER LIII To Another Holy Virgin of the Convent of S. Mary of Troyes. To
Another Holy Virgin of the Convent of S. Mary of Troyes [84] ...
/.../letter liii to another holy.htm

How the Holy Brother Bernard of Assisi was Sent by St Francis to ...
... LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHAPTER V HOW THE HOLY BROTHER BERNARD
OF ASSISI WAS SENT BY ST FRANCIS TO BOLOGNA AND HOW HE FOUNDED A CONVENT THERE. ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter v how the holy.htm

To Sister Bartolomea Della Seta Nun in the Convent of Santo ...
... LETTERS TO SISTER BARTOLOMEA DELLA SETA NUN IN THE CONVENT OF SANTO STEFANO
AT PISA. The conflicts of the cloister and of the court ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to sister bartolomea della seta.htm

To Brother Antonio of Nizza of the Hermit Brothers of Saint ...
... LETTERS TO BROTHER ANTONIO OF NIZZA OF THE HERMIT BROTHERS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE
AT THE CONVENT OF LECCETO NEAR SIENA. In the name of ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother antonio of nizza.htm

How St Clare Ate with St Francis and his Companions at St Mary of ...
... There, then, we will eat together in the name of God." When the appointed day arrived,
St Clare left her convent with great joy, taking with her one of her ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xv how st clare.htm

Of Several Wonderful Miracles which the Lord Performed through the ...
... Bentivoglio being once all alone at Trave Bonanti, nursing and serving a leper,
received an order from his superior to go to another convent fifteen miles off. ...
/.../chapter xlii of several wonderful.htm

How Brother Pacifico, Being in Prayer, Saw the Soul of Brother ...
... Brother Umile lived in the Convent of Soffiano, and there he died; Brother
Pacifico lived in another convent, at some distance. ...
/.../chapter xlvi how brother pacifico.htm

How St Francis Gave to Brother Masseo the Office of Porter, of ...
... from God, and also that, through the grace of humility, he should advance from virtue
to virtue, once when he was residing in a solitary convent with his first ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xii how st francis.htm

How the Angel of God Put a Question to Brother Elias, Guardian of ...
... it chanced one day, as St Francis was praying in the forest, that a handsome young
man, dressed for traveling, presented himself at the convent-gate, knocking ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter iv how the angel.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An isolated community devoted to religious life, usually of nuns; also, the buildings in which they live.

2. (n.) A coming together; a meeting.

3. (n.) A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.

4. (v. i.) To meet together; to concur.

5. (v. i.) To be convenient; to serve.

6. (v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.

Thesaurus

Convent
... 5. (vi) To be convenient; to serve. 6. (vt) To call before a judge or judicature;
to summon; to convene. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONVENT. ...
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Sinaiticus
... On the occasion of a third visit to the convent of St. ... He reached the convent
on 31st January; but his inquiries appeared to be fruitless. ...
/s/sinaiticus.htm - 9k

Cell (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in
a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit. ...
/c/cell.htm - 9k

Bush (14 Occurrences)
... It is stated by Post that a bush of this plant has been planted by the monks of
the Convent of Catherine at Sinai to the rear of the "Chapel of the Burning Bush ...
/b/bush.htm - 19k

Sinai (38 Occurrences)
... The other, divided by gorges into three precipitous crags, has the Convent to its
North, and is called Ras-es-Cafcafeh, or "the willow top." North of the ...
/s/sinai.htm - 31k

Nun (31 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives
in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. ...
/n/nun.htm - 18k

Grating (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework
resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent. ...
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Father (11359 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called
also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession ...
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Maker (55 Occurrences)
... 7:15); words with special meanings are: paqadh, "to give a charge" (1 Kings 11:28
2 Kings 25:23); karath, "to cut," or "prepare", "to make a convent or league ...
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Probation
... 3. (n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or
her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule. ...
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Subtopics

Convent

Related Terms

Sinaiticus

Cell (8 Occurrences)

Bush (14 Occurrences)

Sinai (38 Occurrences)

Nun (31 Occurrences)

Grating (6 Occurrences)

Father (11359 Occurrences)

Maker (55 Occurrences)

Probation