convent
/ˈkɒnvənt/noun
1- a Christian community under monastic vows, especially one of nuns（尤指女子）修道会, 隐修会。
1.1
- （亦作 convent school）a school, especially one for girls, attached to and run by such a community（尤指女子）修道学校, 隐修学校。
1.2
- the building or buildings occupied by such a community修道院; 修女院, 女隐修院。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin conventus 'assembly, company', from the verb convenire （see CONVENE）. The original spelling was covent （surviving in the place name Covent Garden）; the modern form dates from the 16th cent.