Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a convent.
- noun A member of a convent.
- noun A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that permits the accumulation and possession of common property.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to a convent; monastic: as, conventual priors.
- noun One who lives in a convent; a monk or a nun.
- noun [capitalized] A member of one of the two great branches of the Franciscan order, the other being the Observants. See
Franciscan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
- adjective a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery.
- noun One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
convent or conventlife ;cloistered ,monastic . - noun A member of a convent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin conventuālis, from conventus, convent; see convent.]
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From Medieval Latin conventualis, from Latin conventus ("convent").
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