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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...
- Conventuals remain distinct religious institutes within the Catholic Church, observing the Rule of Saint Francis with different emphases. Conventual Franciscans...
- architecture. Either, a discrete space with an altar inside a larger cathedral, conventual, parish, or other church; or, a free standing small church building or...
- who has served as Bishop of Ajaccio since 2021. He is a member of the Conventual Franciscans and has spent his priesthood in France. Pope Francis made...
- 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...
- of cardinal on 28 November 2020. A member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual since 1992, Gambetti held senior leadership positions in the order beginning...
- Tehran–Isfahan since 2021. He is a member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He was made a cardinal on 7 December 2024 by Pope Francis. Dominique...
- communities; 10,786 members; 7,057 priests The Conventual Franciscans or Minorites, official name: "Friars Minor Conventual" (OFM Conv). It has 667 communities;...
- 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...