English
conventual
see also: Conventual
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /kənˈvɛntjuːəl/
  • (GA) IPA: /kənˈvɛntʃuəl/
Adjective

conventual

  1. Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
    • 1976, Angela Carter, ‘Health on the Brain’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 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 2007, p. 267:
      The Breton Club resumed its meetings in the refectory of an empty conventual building in the rue Saint-Jacques.
Synonyms Noun

conventual (plural conventuals)

  1. A member of a convent.
Conventual
Noun

conventual (plural conventuals)

  1. A member of one of the two divisions of the Franciscans, following a mitigated rule, the other being the Observants.


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