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covent1 (s.xii1)
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covent1 (s.xii1)

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convent;  couvent;  covente,  covient,  cuvent; 
pl. convenz,  cuvenz  
  FEW:  conventus 2/ii,1131a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  couvent 9,234c TL: covent 2 2,988 DEAF:  covent 2  DMF:  couvent  TLF:  couvent  OED:  convent n.  MED:  covent n.  DMLBS:  conventus 2 

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1 group, assembly: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Tu covris mei del convent des malignanz  Oxf Ps ANTS 78.63.2
2eccl.monastic(religious community, assembly of a) convent, monastery: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  En chascune des set parties Aveit moines pres de treis cenz; Issi erent en set cuvenz  Brut WACE 13832
( MS: s.xiiim )  Lores leissa le cuvent en sa maisun ester, E començot en une fosse tut sul habiter  Vitas 1587
( 1321-22 )  le prioresse el covente de B.  Rot Parl1 i 393
( 1380 )  noz chers en Dieu les priour et covent de G.M.  GAUNT2 i 82
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  fuist vestu frer menour in le covent de Neapole  Anon Chr1 5.33
( c.1393; MS: s.xv1 )  les priour et covent de la priourie de P.  Lett & Pet 408.5
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