Convent

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/kˈɑnvənt/ · कॉन्वन्ट

Meaning

A place where nuns live and work

Where nuns live

हिंदी अर्थ

मठ जहाँ नन रहती हैं

Example sentences

The convent runs the oldest school in the town.

A convent keeps a register older than the municipality.

Daily use: Convent school purana hai.

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Memory trick · Prashant Sir

Convent school याद कीजिए, जिसे परंपरा से nuns चलाती थीं। जोड़ी याद रखिए: monk (पुरुष) monastery में, nun (महिला) convent में रहती है। Idiom 'to take the veil' = nun बनना।

Think of a convent school, which nuns traditionally ran. The pair to remember: monks live in a monastery, and nuns live in a convent. The idiom 'to take the veil' means to become a nun.

Exam note

Places set में पूछा जाता है: convent (nuns), monastery (monks), chapel, cathedral, shrine। Monastery सामान्य distractor है।

Asked in the places set: convent (nuns), monastery (monks), chapel, cathedral and shrine. Monastery is the usual distractor.

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