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conversus

[ kuhn-vur-suhs ]

noun

, Ecclesiastical.
, plural con·ver·si [k, uh, n-, vur, -sahy, -see].
  1. a lay brother.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of conversus1

< Latin, past participle of convertere to convert 1; converse 2
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Example Sentences

Boetius de consolatione philosophi, in Grcam linguam conversus a Maximo Planude.

Qui Alorus cum vidit tantam gentem circumstantem suo castelo conversus est (ad) Christi fidem.

Cujus casteli erat dominus unus qui nominabatur Catanius judeus qui conversus fuit ad Christi fidem.

On arrival he asked to be admitted as a conversus, and was given charge of the monasterys sheep.

Mortuorum cadavera nunquam efferunt per cas januam, sed per eam partem, in quam conversus eger exspiravit.

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