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conversus

American

[kuhn-vur-suhs] / kənˈvɜr səs /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

a lay brother.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

conversi

plural

Etymology

Origin of conversus

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

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