Definition of "covent"

And in this yere deyde Huberd erchebisshop of Caunterbury; and thanne the priour and the covent of Caunterbury chosen in there chapytre hous the noble clerk Stephen of Langeton, ayens the kynges will, whome the pope sacred at Viterke.

c. 1500, anonymous author, A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483‎

BARABAS. Marry, the Turk shall be one of my godfathers, But not a word to any of your covent.

c. 1589-1590, Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta‎