Conventual

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kÉ™nˈvÉ›ntjuːəl/

Origin

From Medieval Latin conventualis, from Latin conventus ("convent").

Full definition of conventual

Adjective

1. Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
• 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

• conventical

Noun

1. A member of a convent.