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[[Image:Convent Amstedam.JPG|thumb|200px|right|A [[Beguine]] convent in [[Amsterdam]].]]
[[Image:TEPOZTLANFACADE.JPG|thumb|200px|right|[[Dominican order|Dominican]] convent in [[Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl|Tepoztlan]], [[Mexico]].]]
A '''convent''' is a community of [[priest]]s, religious brothers, religious sisters, or [[nun]]s or the building used by the community, particularly in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and in the [[Anglican Communion]]. In modern usage, "convent" almost invariably refers to a community of women, as opposed to the "monastery", for men; but in historical usage they are often interchangeable.
==Convento==
'''Convento''' is a [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Italian language|Italian]], and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] word meaning ''[[Convent]]''. It may refer to:
* [[Convento de Cristo]], a [[Knights Templar]] stronghold built in the 12th century in [[Tomar]], [[Portugal]].
* [[Convento das Mónicas]], a former [[Augustinian]] [[nunnery]] founded in [[Lisbon]] in 1586 to the religious order of [[Saint Augustine]]
* [[Convento de San Francisco]], an arquitectually renowned [[monastery]] located in [[Lima]], [[Peru]].
* [[Hotel El Convento]], a hotel in [[Old San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]].
* [[Memorial do Convento]], a 1987 [[Portugal|Portuguese]] romance novel by [[José Saramago]].
* [[O Convento]], a 1995 film by Portuguese director [[Manoel de Oliveira]], starring [[Catherine Deneuve]] and [[John Malkovich]].
* [[Sacro Convento]], a [[Franciscan]] [[friary]] in [[Assisi]], [[Umbria]], [[Italy]].
*Convento is also a town in [[Piedmont]], [[Italy]].
==See also==
*[[Abbey]]
*[[Monastery]]
*[[Christian monasticism]]
==External links==
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04340c.htm Convent] from [[Catholic Encyclopedia]]
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