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conventual

UK/kənˈvɛntjuːəl/US/kənˈvɛnt͡ʃuəl/

conventual adjective: pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.

Adjective

conventual (comparative more conventual, superlative most conventual)

  1. Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
    • During this time, sister Ursula, to give her for the last time her conventual name, exchanged her stole, or loose upper garment, for the more succinct cloak and hood of a horseman.1831 June–November (date written), Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter V, in Tales of My Landlord, Fourth and Last Series. […], volume IV (Castle Dangerous), Edinburgh: […]...
    • The noise of her steps, light as they were, attracted the stranger's notice, who, turning round and letting her mantle fall as she did so, showed a tall and stately figure, dressed in what appeared to be some conventual costume.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Disclosure”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 304
    Synonyms:
    conventical

Noun (1)

conventual (plural conventuals)

  1. A member of a convent.

Noun (2) capitalized: Conventual

Conventual (plural Conventuals)

  1. A member of one of the two divisions of the Franciscans, following a mitigated rule, the other being the Observants.

Synonyms of conventual

Forms of conventual

Adjective
comparativemore conventual
superlativemost conventual
Noun
pluralconventuals
pluralConventuals

Origin of conventual

From Medieval Latin conventuālis, from Latin conventus (“convent”).

Words formed from conventual

Phrases with conventual

Questions about conventual

What does conventual mean?
Conventual means pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
What part of speech is conventual?
Conventual can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce conventual?
Conventual is pronounced /kənˈvɛntjuːəl/ (UK).

Words near conventual in the dictionary

  1. conventionnels
  2. conventions
  3. Conventionsthaler
  4. Conventionsthalers
  5. convents
  6. conventual
  7. conventualism
  8. conventualist
  9. conventualists
  10. conventually
  11. conventuals

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