Conventual

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf.
     F. conventuel.]
     Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. "A conventual garb."
     --Macaulay.
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     {Conventual church}, a church attached or belonging to a
        convent or monastery. --Wordsworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\, n.
     One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
     --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conventual
       adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
             vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {monastic}, {monastical}]