conventuals

In the United States or perhaps the English-speaking world convent is reserved for women religious, but in Europe it is used for religious of either sex, and that is why one branch of the Franciscan friars are called conventuals what Ockham was not, since he was a spiritual.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

In the United States or perhaps the English-speaking world convent is reserved for women religious, but in Europe it is used for religious of either sex, and that is why one branch of the Franciscan friars are called conventuals what Ockham was not, since he was a spiritual.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

In the United States or perhaps the English-speaking world convent is reserved for women religious, but in Europe it is used for religious of either sex, and that is why one branch of the Franciscan friars are called conventuals what Ockham was not, since he was a spiritual.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

In the United States or perhaps the English-speaking world convent is reserved for women religious, but in Europe it is used for religious of either sex, and that is why one branch of the Franciscan friars are called conventuals what Ockham was not, since he was a spiritual.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

The "conventuals" were expressly excluded from the generalship and were forbidded to take novices.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

It therefore split into "conventuals," who conformed to the methods of conventual life, and the "spirituals," who clung to the doctrines and rules of the founder.

Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875

During his time the conventuals of Einsiedeln increased from

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

All authority in the order, which by right belonged to the prior of Camaldoli, was now possessed by the superiors of the regulars and conventuals.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

The discipline and observance of the former seem to have been strict, but the case of the conventuals left a great deal to be desired.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Besides these officials, the general chapter was composed of three priors and three conventuals from each province.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913