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Example sentences for: convent

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A “ﬂying nun” in stone (a reference to a convent that occupied number 28 before Parliament) has apparently passed straight through the corner of the building.
María de Agredo lived in a convent and wrote several books, including one with the title The Mystic City of God.
The new Pousada de São Fransisco has been admirably converted from another convent, once derelict.
Across the river are the Convento de Santa Clara-a-Velha (Old St. Claire Convent, long under extensive restoration aimed at rescuing it from the river), where the lifeless Inês de Castro was crowned (see page 45), and the newer, uphill Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova (New Convent), where the silver tomb of Isabel, the sainted queen of Dom Dinis, is located.
Attached to the church is a large building that was originally a Dominican Convent.