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English Dictionary: conventual	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for conventual
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conventual adj of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows Synonym(s): cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prior \Pri"or\, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F. prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See {Prior}, a.] (Eccl.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. {Conventical}, [or] {Conventual}, {prior}, a prior who is at the head of his own house. See the Note under {Priory}. {Claustral prior}, an official next in rank to the abbot in a monastery; prior of the cloisters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conventual \Conven"tual\ (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf. F. conventuel.] Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. [bd]A conventual garb.[b8] --Macaulay. {Conventual church}, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conventual \Conven"tual\, n. One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse. --Addison.