Collocations for convent - noun
VERB + convent
enter,
join
She entered a convent (= became a nun) at the age of sixteen.
She entered a convent (= became a nun) at the age of sixteen.
leave
establish, found, set up
The nuns established a convent here in 1692.
establish, found, set up
The nuns established a convent here in 1692.
convent + NOUN
building,
wall
within the convent walls (= inside the convent)
within the convent walls (= inside the convent)
education,
school
PREPOSITION
in a/the convent
She spent her whole life in a convent.
She spent her whole life in a convent.
convent of
the Convent of St Saviour
the Convent of St Saviour