Convent (nunnery) is the modern term for a Catholic monastic community (Monastery) consisting of nuns belonging to a particular order. Convents developed with the expansion of Christianity beginning in the early Middle Ages; most were subordinate to a monastery for men. The terms convent and nunnery are interchangeable, except that convent is sometimes used in the sense of any community under monastic vows, of either men or women. Besides the community itself, convent can also…