a community of persons devoted to religious life under a superior.

a society or association of monks, friars, or nuns

now usually used of a society of nuns.

the building or buildings occupied by such a society; a monastery or nunnery.

Obsolete . assembly; meeting.

noun

abbey , cloister , monastery , religious community , retreat , school , cenobite , community , conventical , easy , monastic , nunnery , priory , priory. associatedwords: conventual , sanctuary , seclusion , solitude , solitudinarian