conventual

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English

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin conventuālis, from Latin conventus (convent).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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conventual (comparative more conventual, superlative most conventual)

  1. Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Disclosure”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 304:
      The noise of her steps, light as they were, attracted the stranger's notice, who, turning round and letting her mantle fall as she did so, showed a tall and stately figure, dressed in what appeared to be some conventual costume.
    • 1976, Angela Carter, “Health on the Brain”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 82:
      The Sunday Times has convinced me I ought to immediately start out on a new regime of positively conventual austerity in order to reduce the burden on a strained NHS by not forcing them to have to cope with my ling cancer or coronary.
    • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 267:
      The Breton Club resumed its meetings in the refectory of an empty conventual building in the rue Saint-Jacques.

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Noun

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conventual (plural conventuals)

  1. A member of a convent.

Spanish

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Adjective

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conventual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conventuales)

  1. conventual (pertaining to a convent)
    • 2015 September 21, “Quito reitera su riqueza histórica”, in El País[1]:
      La semana pasada, el arquitecto de profesión desnudó los edificios conventuales de las órdenes religiosas que recalaron en la urbe y subrayó los “crímenes contra el patrimonio” cometidos por los presidentes de la época republicana, que intervinieron estos edificios.
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