Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conventual"
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)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\, n.
One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
--Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
conventual
adj : of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
vows [syn: {cloistered}, {cloistral}, {monastic}, {monastical}]
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