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[[Image:Convent Amstedam.JPG|thumb|200px|A [[Beguine]] convent in [[Amsterdam]].]]
[[Image:Convent Amstedam.JPG|thumb|200px|right|A [[Beguine]] convent in [[Amsterdam]].]]
[[Image:TEPOZTLANFACADE.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Dominican convent of Tepoztlan in [[Mexico]].]]

A '''convent''' is a community of [[priest]]s, religious brothers or religious sisters, or the building used by the community, particularly in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and, to a lesser degree, in the [[Anglican Communion]].
A '''convent''' is a community of [[priest]]s, religious brothers or religious sisters, or the building used by the community, particularly in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and, to a lesser degree, in the [[Anglican Communion]].


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Abbey]]
*[[Abbey]]
*[[Monastery]]
*[[Monastery]]
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A Beguine convent in Amsterdam.
File:TEPOZTLANFACADE.JPG
Dominican convent of Tepoztlan in Mexico.

A convent is a community of priests, religious brothers or religious sisters, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and, to a lesser degree, in the Anglican Communion.

See also