Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA nunnery, a convent. · A confederacy or band of people. · A formal group or assembly of witches. · In fantasy fiction, a family, group or assembly of vampires.
From Middle English covent, from Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventum, from conveniō, from cum (“with”) and venio (“to come”). Doublet of convent.
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