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Meanings of convents in English
Usage of convents in English
1
Within five years, 40 schools, convents and four charitable institutions were founded.
2
The bugles of the soldiers blow retreat in convents turned to barracks.
3
In Venice, during the carnival, that innocent pleasure is allowed in convents.
4
Some of the best educated women in this world have entered convents.
5
The convents, however, lacked instruction in the designing of patterns for laces.
6
Witness the convents and the churches that are covered with his exploits.
7
Of churches and convents, and Milada, the pious sister of Boleslav II.
8
I thought there were no single women out of convents in France.
9
Negotiations were forthwith opened for connecting the convents with the art schools.
10
These convents obviously were centres where experiments in reform could be tried.
11
We have slept in chateaux, convents, farm-houses, and under the open sky.
12
The Syrian convents are built more like fortresses than like peaceful dwellings.
13
After some talk about nuns, Ethel says, There were convents in England.
14
The same rule applies to convents, except that there is no furniture.
15
Did I deny support and establishments to the clergy and the convents?
16
When there are too many women then convents play a useful part.
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