Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Conventical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conventical \Con*vent"ic*al\, a.
Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. ``Conventical
wages.'' --Sterne.
{Conventical prior}. See {Prior}.
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