conversus
noun
a lay brother.
conversi
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pluralof conversus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In connection with monasteries were bake-houses, and the work here would be done by the conversi or lay brothers.
From England in the Days of Old by William Andrews
The brethren or "conversi," who are laymen, occupy themselves with the manual labour of the monastery, but all that is necessary in the cell is done by the father himself.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
There was a second range of stalls in the extreme western bays of the nave for the fratres conversi, or lay brothers.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The charming little quadrangle, known as Wash House Court, was the habitation of the "conversi" or lay brothers, the servants of the convent.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
But their church had to be looked to before it could serve for the worship of the conversi.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
