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Webster 1913 Edition
Conventual
Con-ven′tu-al
(?; 135)
, Adj.
[LL.
conventualis
: cf. F. conventuel
.] Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
“A conventual garb.” Macaulay.
Conventual church
, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery.
Wordsworth.
Con-ven′tu-al
,Noun.
One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conventual
CONVENTUAL
,Adj.
CONVENTUAL
,Noun.
Definition 2025
conventual
conventual
English
Adjective
conventual (comparative more conventual, superlative most conventual)
- Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 267:
- The Breton Club resumed its meetings in the refectory of an empty conventual building in the rue Saint-Jacques.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 267:
Derived terms
- conventualism
Synonyms
Noun
conventual (plural conventuals)
- A member of a convent.
Spanish
Adjective
conventual m, f (plural conventuales)
- conventual (pertaining to a convent)
- 2015 September 21, “Quito reitera su riqueza histórica”, in El País:
- La semana pasada, el arquitecto de profesión desnudó los edificios conventuales de las órdenes religiosas que recalaron en la urbe y subrayó los “crímenes contra el patrimonio” cometidos por los presidentes de la época republicana, que intervinieron estos edificios.
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