Collocations for convent - noun
ADJ.
Carmelite, Catholic, Franciscan, Ursuline, etc.
VERB + CONVENT
enter
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.
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
PREP.
in a/the ~
She spent her whole life in a convent.
She spent her whole life in a convent.
~ of
the Convent of St Saviour
the Convent of St Saviour