adj. Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
n. A member of a convent.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
n. One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Belonging to a convent; monastic: as, conventual priors.
n. One who lives in a convent; a monk or a nun.
n. [capitalized] A member of one of the two great branches of the Franciscan order, the other being the Observants. See Franciscan.
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adj. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
Word Usage
"This official public Mass is called the conventual Mass; if possible it should be a high Mass, but, even if it be not, it always has some of the features of high Mass."