conventual

[ kuhn-ven-choo-uhl ]

adjective

1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent.

noun

1. Friar Minor Conventual.
2. a member of a convent or monastery.

conventual

/ kənˈvɛntjʊəl /

adjective

1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent

noun

1. a member of a convent

Derived Forms

• conˈventually, adverb

Other Words From

• con·ventu·al·ly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conventual¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin conventuālis, equivalent to Latin conventu-, stem of conventus convent + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

The fact that the greater portion of the female population was unaffected by the existence of the outlet provided by conventual life for women’s energies is a significant one.

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Effect of the suppression of the conventual system on women, 369.

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This gratified the jealousy of the conventual branch of the Franciscans and many of the secular clergy, who spread the scandal far and wide.

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It was not for them to practise the strenuous idleness of conventual life, in a ceaseless round of barren liturgies.

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Only a few years passed before she had to choose between a conventual life and a distasteful marriage.

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