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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
convent . - adjective obsolete Brought together,
convened .
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Examples
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Convent-educated (or "convented," as thrifty word-counters put it) girls are considered assets to their husbands 'careers, though some families caution that they are also looking for "religious, homely [home-loving] girl," "modern with a traditional touch."
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Convent-educated (or "convented," as thrifty word-counters put it) girls are considered assets to their husbands 'careers, though some families caution that they are also looking for "religious, homely [home-loving] girl," "modern with a traditional touch."
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Convent-educated (or "convented," as thrifty word-counters put it) girls are considered assets to their husbands 'careers, though some families caution that they are also looking for "religious, homely [home-loving] girl," "modern with a traditional touch."
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In October, 1635, he was again "convented," and on his refusing, in the presence of all the ministers of the colony, to renounce his opinions, he was banished from Massachusetts.
England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894
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No, I think he actually meant "highly-convented" as in being used in many convents by nuns.
Velo Noir: The Bike Dick BikeSnobNYC 2008
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Socrates in a fair, seeing so many things bought and sold, such a multitude of people convented to that purpose, exclaimed forthwith,
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In fine, all the papers were burnt, and the two gentlemen summoned and personally convented.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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PDCA fair, smart charming cultured convented legal divorcee (few months marriage), Hindu Yogi Bhardwaj learning classical music & dance, father class-I officer seeks caring considerate & anti-dowry match.
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PDCA fair, smart charming cultured convented legal divorcee (few months marriage), Hindu Yogi Bhardwaj learning classical music & dance, father class-I officer seeks caring considerate & anti-dowry match.
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In fine, all the papers were burnt, and the two gentlemen summoned and personally convented.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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