different between convent vs church

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).

English

Alternative forms

• churche, chirche (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English chirche, from Old English ?iri?e (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirik?, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek ???????? (kuriakón), neuter form of ???????? (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from ?????? (kúrios, “ruler, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ewH- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t????t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t???t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?

Noun

church (countable and uncountable, plural churches)

1. (countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. [from 9th c.]
2. Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity. [from 9th c.]
   • Acts 20:28, New International Version:

     Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

3. (countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general. [from 9th c.]
4. (countable) A particular denomination of Christianity. [from 9th c.]

5. (uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service. [from 10th c.]
6. (uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.
7. (informal) Any religious group. [from 16th c.]
8. (obsolete) Assembly.

Usage notes

• Several senses of church are routinely used in prepositional phrases as a bare noun, without a determiner or article. This is like home and unlike house.
• (organized religion): Often capitalized as "(the) Church" without referring to a specific formal institution with that title.

Synonyms

• autem (obsolete, Britain, thieves’ cant)
• (building): chapel (small church), kirk (Scotland)
• (group of worshipers): congregation

Coordinate terms

• circle, fire temple, gurdwara, heiau, hof, House of Worship, jinja, mandir, monastery, mosque, synagogue, temple

Hypernyms

• (religious group): religion
• (house of worship): building

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Pages starting with “church”.

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ???? (carc)
• Pijin: sios
• Tok Pisin: sios

Translations

Verb

church (third-person singular simple present churches, present participle churching, simple past and past participle churched)

1. (transitive, Christianity, now historical) To conduct a religious service for (a woman after childbirth, or a newly married couple). [from 15th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, page 36:

     Nor did it [the Church] accept that the woman should stay indoors until she had been churched.

2. (transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

Translations

Interjection

church

1. (slang) Expressing strong agreement.

   Synonym: preach

   - These burritos are the best!

   - Church!

See also

• Appendix:Ecclesiastical terms

References

• church on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

church

1. Alternative form of chirche