conversus

American  

[kuhn-vur-suhs] / kənˈvɜr səs /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

plural

conversi

1. a lay brother.

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Etymology

Origin of conversus

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

Example Sentences

Tum ego ad reginam conversus: 'Ecce inquam sacramentarios illos tam diu vexatos, et omnibus calumniis oppressos.'

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Baird, Henry Martyn

Tu es qui ore tuo sancto et casto dixisti: in quacumque die conversus fuerit peccator, vita vivet et non morietur.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by

"Festive, mihi crede, et minore sonitu, quam putaram, orbis hic in republica est conversus."

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony

Natheles seynt Austyn and seynt Gregory seyn thus: Augustinus; Qui scelera sua cogitat, et conversus fuerit, veniam sibi credat.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Boetius de consolatione philosophiæ, in Græcam linguam conversus a Maximo Planude.—

From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John