- convent = community of women
- monastery, priory, friary = community of men
- monastery = a community of monastics
- convent = community of mendicants ("friary" specifying a male community specifically)
- canonry = community of canons

- Monastische Orden = Mönchsorden und klausurierte Nonnenorden:
* Benediktiner und Benediktinerinnen (OSB)
* Zisterzienser und Zisterzienserinnen (OCist)
* Trappisten und Trappistinnen (OCSO)
* Kamaldulenser (OSBCam)
* Kartäuser (OCart)
* Karmeliten und Karmelitinnen (OCD bzw. OCarm)
* Klarissen, Klarissen-Kapuzinerinnen und davon abgeleitete
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastisch

A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion
In modern English usage, "convent" almost invariably refers to a community of women, while "monastery," "priory" or "friary" are used for men; but in historical usage they are often interchangeable.
Technically, a "monastery" is a community of monastics, whereas a "convent" is a community of mendicants ("friary" specifying a male community specifically), and a "canonry" a community of canons [regular]. The terms "abbey" and "priory" can be applied to both monasteries and canonries and distinguish those headed by an Abbot from the lesser dependent houses headed by a Prior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent