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Definition of Conventuals

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 Conventuals from wikipedia

- Particular characteristics of the Conventuals' tradition are community life and the urban apostolate. The Conventuals enjoy the privilege of caring for...
- Conventual sweets (Portuguese: Doçaria Conventual) are a typical part of the Portuguese cuisine and a generic term to a variety of sweets in Portugal...
- attempts at reform even among the Conventuals, including the quasi-Observantist brothers living under the rule of the Conventual ministers (Martinianists or...
- a branch of the Conventual Franciscans, but with a vicar of their own, subject to the jurisdiction of the general of the Conventuals. On the 3rd of July...
- order, and separated them completely from the Conventuals. The less strict principles of the Conventuals, permitting the possession of real estate and...
- St. Benedict's Conventual Priory, Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines, is a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint...
- 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...
- Nairobi was raised to the status of a conventual priory, and Pius Mühlbacher became the community's first conventual prior. To solve this problem, Cardinal...
- 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...
- 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...