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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation.</def>

<blockquote>Thus necessity invented stools, <b>Convenience</b> next suggested elbow chairs. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own <b>conveniency</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation.</def>

<blockquote>A pair of spectacles and several other little <b>conveniences</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A convenient or fit time; opportunity; <as>as, to do something at one's <ex>convenience</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Convenient</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*ven"ient</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conveniens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, suitable, p.pr. of <ets>convenire</ets> to be suitable, to come. See <er>Convene</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Feed me with food <b>convenient</b> for me. <i>Prov. xxx. 8.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not <b>convenient</b>. <i>Eph. v. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; <as>as, a <ex>convenient</ex> house; <ex>convenient</ex> implements or tools.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Seasonable; timely; opportune; <as>as, a <ex>convenient</ex> occasion; a <ex>convenient</ex> season.</as></def>

<i>Acts xxiv. 25.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Near at hand; easy of access.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Hereties used to be brought thither, <b>convenient</b> for burning. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.</syn>

<h1>Conveniently</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*ven"ient*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.</def>

<h1>Convent</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"vent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conventus</ets> a meeting, LL. also, a convent. See <er>Convene</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A coming together; a meeting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A usual ceremony at their [the witches] <b>convents</b> or meetings. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.</def>

<blockquote>One of our <b>convent</b>, and his [the duke's] confessor. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.</def>

<blockquote>One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a <b>convent</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Nunnery; monastery; abbey. See <er>Cloister</er>.</syn>

<h1>Convent</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*vent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conventus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>convenire</ets>. See <er>Convene</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To meet together; to concur.</def> <mark>[obs.]</mark>