Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Acting under contract; settled by covenant or stipulation; conventional: as, conventionary tenants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Acting under contract; settled by express agreement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Acting under
contract ; settled byexpress agreement .
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Examples
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The conventionary doubted not that he had successively conquered all the inmost intrenchments of the Bishop.
Les Miserables 2008
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“A worm of the earth in a carriage?” growled the conventionary.
Les Miserables 2008
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The conventionary passed his hand across his brow, as though to sweep away a cloud.
Les Miserables 2008
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The conventionary began to pant; the asthma of the agony which is mingled with the last breaths interrupted his voice; still, there was a perfect lucidity of soul in his eyes.
Les Miserables 2008
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His meeting, which may almost be designated as his union, with conventionary G — —, left behind it in his mind a sort of astonishment, which rendered him still more gentle.
Les Miserables 2008
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When the Bishop raised his head again, the face of the conventionary had become august.
Les Miserables 2008
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And ceasing to gaze at the Bishop, the conventionary concluded his thoughts in these tranquil words: --
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When the Bishop raised his head again, the face of the conventionary had become august.
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The Abbe Gregoire, ex-bishop, ex-conventionary, ex-senator, had passed, in the royalist polemics, to the state of "Infamous Gregoire."
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"A worm of the earth in a carriage?" growled the conventionary.
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