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conversi

conversi is the plural of conversus.

Meaning of conversus

Noun

conversus (plural conversi)

  1. (historical) A lay brother.
    • There were again the Novices, who were not all necessarily young, for a conversus passed through a noviciate; and even a monk of another order, or of another house of their own order, and even a monk from a cell of their own house, was reckoned among the novices.1856, Edward L. Cutts, “The Monks of the Middle Ages”, in The Art-Journal, volume 2, pages 342–3

Questions about conversi

What is conversi the plural of?
Conversi is the plural of conversus.

Words near conversi in the dictionary

  1. converser
  2. conversers
  3. converses
  4. conversest
  5. converseth
  6. conversi
  7. conversible
  8. conversing
  9. conversings
  10. conversion
  11. conversion course

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