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Definition of Conventual
1. Adjective. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows.
Similar to: Unworldly
Derivative terms: Cloister, Convent, Convent, Monastic
Definition of Conventual
1. a. Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
2. n. One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
Definition of Conventual
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic. ¹
2. Noun. A member of a convent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conventual
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conventual
Literary usage of Conventual
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"--J Fart of Window-head and Impost In the conventual Buildings. here given.
The window has the Saxon form of a triangular head, but the mouldings of its ..."
2. The Secret History of the Oxford Movement by Walter Walsh (1899)
"... and Clewer Sisterhood—Sisters and their Wills—Evidence before the Select
Committee—Bishop Samuel Wilberforce on conventual Vows—Archbishop Tail on ..."
3. The Ruin of Education in Ireland and the Irish Fanar by Frank Hugh O'Donnell (1902)
"THE WORTHLESS EDUCATION IN conventual FEMALE SCHOOLS The special purpose of my
... High and low, with few exceptions, the conventual Schools of Ireland are ..."
4. The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed by John Whitaker (1804)
"some even of its conventual furniture; all inhabited equally as in the 1/r- its
conventual form, with many of its conventual rooms, and with ^j ^ , days of ..."
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