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conventual

[ kuhn-ven-choo-uhl ]

adjective

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


noun

  1. a member of a convent or monastery.

conventual

/ əˈɛԳʊə /

adjective

  1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a member of a convent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DzˈԳٳܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·t·· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of conventual1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin DzԱԳٳ, equivalent to Latin conventu-, stem of conventus convent + - -al 1
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The normal routine of conventual life, as laid down in the Benedictine Rule, secured this end.

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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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