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)

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

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

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

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)