conversus

American  

[kuhn-vur-suhs] / kənˈvɜr səs /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

conversi plural

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

Ibi tu in humanam naturam conversus Râvanam, gravissimam mundi pestem, diis insuperabilem, O Vishnus! proelio caede.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

In the records of the convent for that year occurs the note, "Frater Damianus de Bergomo, homo peritissimus, singularissimus, et unicus in l'arte della tarsia, conversus, receptatus fuit in filium conventus."

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

Natheles, Saint Augustine and Saint Gregory say thus:- Augustinus: Qui scelera sua cogitat, & conversus fuerit, veniam sibi credat. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

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

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

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony