English

Noun

covent ‎(plural covents)

1. (obsolete) Convent.
   • c. 1500, Anonymous, A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483:

     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.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta:

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

Derived terms

• Covent Garden

Old French

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Noun

covent m ‎(oblique plural covenz or coventz, nominative singular covenz or coventz, nominative plural covent)

1. convent (residence of nuns)

Descendants

• English: convent (borrowed)
• French: couvent