conventual

American  

[kuhn-ven-choo-uhl] / kənˈvɛn tʃu əl /

adjective

1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent.

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noun

1. Friar Minor Conventual.

2. a member of a convent or monastery.

conventual British  

/ kənˈvɛntjʊəl /

adjective

1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent

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noun

1. a member of a convent

Other Word Forms

• conventually adjective

Etymology

Origin of conventual

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin conventuālis, equivalent to Latin conventu-, stem of conventus convent + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Not only did outside persons thus concern themselves in a conventual election; the nuns themselves were not always unwilling to bribe, where they desired advancement.

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Its complete suppression of the conventual system was also, I think, very far from a benefit to women or to the world.

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This gratified the jealousy of the conventual branch of the Franciscans and many of the secular clergy, who spread the scandal far and wide.

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Only a few years passed before she had to choose between a conventual life and a distasteful marriage.

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The part however in which is placed this small apartment, decorated with frescoes of the period, is still applied to conventual purposes.

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