Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a convent.
- noun A member of a convent.
- noun A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that permits the accumulation and possession of common property.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to a convent; monastic: as, conventual priors.
- noun One who lives in a convent; a monk or a nun.
- noun [capitalized] A member of one of the two great branches of the Franciscan order, the other being the Observants. See
Franciscan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
- adjective a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery.
- noun One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
convent or conventlife ;cloistered ,monastic . - noun A member of a convent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ely thus became a cathedral -- of the kind that was called conventual cathedrals.
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This official public Mass is called the conventual Mass; if possible it should be a high Mass, but, even if it be not, it always has some of the features of high Mass.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The qualifying word conventual, provinical, or general, explains the nature of the meeting, and a general chapter, therefore, is one composed of representatives of a whole order or congregation or other group of monasteries.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Gregory VII., with the aid of the Countess Matilda, for the principle of papal supremacy exerted a marked influence upon the religious life of the time and gave an undoubted impetus to the idea of conventual life for women, as during this period many new cloisters were established.
Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901
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The conventional [Transcriber's Note: so in original, probably should be "conventual"] buildings sold and destroyed, portions only reserved for residence of Dean and Canons and other officers.
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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"conventual" Mass (missa conventualis); it completes, with the canonical Hours, the official public service of God in such a church.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Our good friend Martin Bürger of EXSVLTET now has two short videos of the conventual Mass last 4 August, Feast of St. Dominic.
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The Church in Wales had never run to nunneries, as even conventual life for men had never been on the same monastic pattern as in England.
His Disposition 2010
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No more reconciled to the prospect of marriage with the unknown bridegroom from Anglesey than to a conventual cell among strangers in England, Heledd had slipped through the gates of Aber before they closed at night, and gone to look for some future of her own choosing.
His Disposition 2010
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Come, you have your reasons for wishing to enter the conventual life.
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