One who dwells in a cloister; a monk or nun.

A person bound by religious vows or devoted to a religious life, esp. in the Roman Catholic Church.

= cloisterer, n.

= regular, n. 1a.

Christian Church. A member of a religious order observing a rule (rule, n.1 1); a member of the regular clergy. Cf. sense A. 1a.

A professed member of a religious order; a person who has made his or her profession (profession, n. 1a). Obsolete.

A person who has dedicated himself or herself to religious service by taking vows; a monk or nun.

A member or inmate of a convent.

A person bound by religious vows, or devoted to a religious life.

One who lives in a convent.

One who leads a ‘religious’ or monastic life: see conversāre in Du Cange.

= conventual, n. 1.

A person bound by religious vows; (more generally) a person devoted to a religious life, a religious person.