conventual
conventual
Definition
con·ven·tual (kən ven′c̸ho̵̅o̅ əl)
adjective
Etymology: ME < ML conventualis
of, like, or characteristic of a conventnoun
- a member of a convent
- a member of a branch (Friars Minor Conventual) of the Franciscan order under a modified rule that permits the holding of property in common
conventual
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- chaplain: The same statutes will also serve as rules for the rights of passage of deacons or conventual chaplain, whatever their age on reception.
- church: The church was also the conventual church of the Order of English Girls.
- building: To the west of the church there are still some remains of the conventual buildings.
- brethren: On the forfeiture of William, Lord Crichton, in 1484, these lands reverted to the Abbot and conventual brethren.
- life: Whenever one his charges was ready to return to conventual life the infirmarer sought authorisation from the abbot for his return to the cloister.
- seal: January 1540 by the Prior and monks under the conventual seal.
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