Covent \Cov"ent\ (k?v"ent), n. [OF. covent, F. couvent. See
Convent.]
A convent or monastery. [Obs.]
--Bale.
[1913 Webster]
Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called because
originally it was the garden of a monastery.
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