It was fictional. the convent was in Canada in the novel, movie, and play. the costumes worn by the Nuns were a takeoff on some German dress helmets used in World War I and were not prototypical Habits.
A religious community of nuns is a convent.
The nuns sleep in the nunnery in the convent.
The nun superior is the head of all the nuns at her convent.
A group of nuns is generally referred to as a convent.
A gathering of nuns is called a nunnery. Or a convent.
Meg Tilly played the part in the 1985 film. The plot is loosely based on an actual event that occurred at a New York convent in 1977.
A convent doesn't live anywhere because it is not alive. A convent is what you call the place where nuns live.
Nuns can live in a monastery, and abbey, or a convent.
She decided to stay at the convent for a weekend retreat to reflect and recharge.
Monks - monastery. Nuns - convent.
A nun lives in a monastery while a sister may live in a convent.
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