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Definition of Conventual

Conventual
Prior Pri"or, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F. prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.] (Eccl.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. Conventical, or Conventual, prior, a prior who is at the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory. Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a monastery; prior of the cloisters.
Conventual
Conventual Con*ven"tu*al (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf. F. conventuel.] Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. ``A conventual garb.' --Macaulay. Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery. --Wordsworth.
Conventual
Conventual Con*ven"tu*al, n. One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse. --Addison.

Meaning of Conventual from wikipedia

- Friars Minor Conventual (O.F.M.Conv.) is a male religious fraternity in the Catholic Church and a branch of the Franciscan Order. Conventual Franciscan...
- Conventual sweets (Portuguese: Doçaria Conventual) are a typical part of the Portuguese cuisine and a generic term to a variety of sweets in Portugal...
- region. Either, a discrete space with an altar inside a larger cathedral, conventual, parish, or other church; or, a free standing small church building or...
- Conventual, remain distinct religious institutes within the Catholic Church, observing the Rule of Saint Francis with different emphases. Conventual Franciscans...
- having been commissioned by Grand Master Jean de la C****ière as the Conventual Church of Saint John (Maltese: Knisja Konventwali ta' San Ġwann). The...
- communities; 10,786 members; 7,057 priests The Conventual Franciscans or Minorites, official name: "Friars Minor Conventual" (OFM Conv). It has 667 communities;...
- smaller, lesser houses of Benedictines of Cluny. There were likewise many conventual priories in Germany and Italy during the Middle Ages, and in England all...
- St. Benedict's Conventual Priory, Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines, is a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint...
- As currently used, the terms Chapter M**** (for chapters of canons) and Conventual M**** (for most other houses of religious) refer to the M**** celebrated...
- Giuseppe da Copertino; 17 June 1603 – 18 September 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. According...