"convent school" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: convent schools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} convent school (plural convent schools)
  1. A school at which the teaching staff, and often the support staff, are nuns.
    Sense id: en-convent_school-en-noun-JkWUqz3F
  2. (India, proscribed) Any English-medium school. Tags: India, proscribed
    Sense id: en-convent_school-en-noun-5sIhhSgv Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81

Inflected forms

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