different between convene vs convent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French convenir, from Latin convenio, convenire (“come together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.v?in/, /k?n?v?in/ (UK)

Verb

convene (third-person singular simple present convenes, present participle convening, simple past and past participle convened)

1. (intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.

   • In short-sighted men […] the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom.

2. (intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.
   • 1670, Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James

     The Parliament of Scotland now convened.

   • Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene.

4. (transitive) To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.
5. (transitive) To summon judicially to meet or appear.

Synonyms

• to meet
• to assemble
• to congregate
• to collect
• to unite
• to summon
• to convoke

Derived terms

• convener, convenor
• reconvene
• unconvene

Related terms

• convention

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English convent, variant of covent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventus, perfect participle of the verb convenio (whence ultimately convene), see con- + venio. Doublet of coven

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.v?nt/, /?k?n.v?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.v?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?vent

Noun

convent (plural convents)

1. A religious community whose members (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
2. The buildings and pertaining surroundings in which such a community lives.

   • One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent.

3. (India) A Christian school.
4. A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected.
5. A coming together; a meeting.
   • 1609, Ben Jonson, The Masque of Queens

     an usual ceremony at their [the witches'] convents or meetings

Related terms

Translations

See also

• monastery
• nunnery

Etymology 2

From Latin convenio (past participle conventus), whence also convene; so of the same ultimate origin as Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?v?nt/

Verb

convent (third-person singular simple present convents, present participle conventing, simple past and past participle convented)

1. (obsolete) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.
   • 1613, William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry the Eighth, V. i. 52:

     Tomorrow morning to the Council board
     He be convented.

2. (obsolete) To meet together; to concur.

   • We convent nought else but woes

3. (obsolete) To be convenient; to serve.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, V. i. 379:

     When that is known and golden time convents.

Anagrams

• convnet

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom?vent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum?ben/

Noun

convent m (plural convents)

1. convent (building)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conventus. See also the doublet couvent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.v??/

Noun

convent m (plural convents)

1. (archaic, rare) convent, nunnery

Related terms

• convention

Further reading

• “convent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).