covent

See also: Covent

English

Etymology

From Middle English covent, from Old French covent (modern French couvent).

Noun

covent (plural covents)

1. (obsolete) Convent.
   • c. 1500, anonymous author, A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483‎^[1]:

     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.

   • c. 1589-1590, Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta‎^[2]:

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

Derived terms

• Covent Garden

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin conventus (“gathering; agreement”).

Noun

covent m (plural covents) (ORB, broad)

1. pledge
2. salary
3. convent

Derived terms

• acoventar

References

• couvent in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• covent in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
• covent in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Middle English

Alternative forms

• covant
• cuvent (Early Middle English)
• couvent, convent, convente, cowent (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French covent, from Latin conventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈvɛnt/, /ˈkuvɛnt/, /-ant/
• (after Latin) IPA^(key): /kɔnˈvɛnt/, /ˈkɔnvɛnt/

Noun

covent

1. A congregation or meeting; an assembled group of people.
2. A group or order of (male or female) monastics; a convent.
3. A monastery; a building housing such a group.
4. (rare) A group of missiles.

Descendants

• English: convent; coven (obsolete covent)
• Middle Scots: covent, convent

References

• “cǒvent, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Noun

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

1. convent (residence of nuns)

Descendants

• French: couvent
• → Middle English: covent, covant, cuvent (Early Middle English), couvent, convent, convente, cowent (Late Middle English)
  • English: convent; coven (obsolete covent)
  • Middle Scots: covent, convent