an association of religious persons secluded from the world; an assembly or meeting; a body of monks, friars, or nuns; a company of twelve (or with a Superior, thirteen); an assemblage or gathering of people.
Contesseration
Contribution
Convent
Conventicle
Convention
Examples: convent of apostles; of courtiers; of friars; of merchants; of monks; of nuns; of veins and arteries; of warriors; of witches.