conventual

con·ven·tu·al

C0614000 (kən-vĕn′cho͞o-əl)adj. Of or relating to a convent.n.1. A member of a convent.2. Conventual A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that permits the accumulation and possession of common property.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin conventuālis, from conventus, convent; see convent.]

conventual

(kənˈvɛntjʊəl) adj (Ecclesiastical Terms) of, belonging to, or characteristic of a conventn (Ecclesiastical Terms) a member of a convent conˈventually adv

con•ven•tu•al

(kənˈvɛn tʃu əl)

adj. 1. of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent. n. 2. a member of a convent or monastery. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin conventuālis= Latin conventu-, s. of conventus convent + -ālis -al¹] con•ven′tu•al•ly, adv.

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Adj.

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conventual - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vowscloistered, cloistral, monastic, monasticalunworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney