conversus

[ kuhn-vur-suhs ]

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

, plural con·ver·si [k, uh, n-, vur, -sahy, -see].

1. a lay brother.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conversus¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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