Definition of "conventual" [con•ven•tu•al]

• Of or relating to a convent. (adjective)
• A member of a convent. (noun)
• A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that permits the accumulation and possession of common property. (noun)

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• "Ely thus became a cathedral -- of the kind that was called conventual cathedrals."
• "This official public Mass is called the conventual Mass; if possible it should be a high Mass, but, even if it be not, it always has some of the features of high Mass."
• "The qualifying word conventual, provinical, or general, explains the nature of the meeting, and a general chapter, therefore, is one composed of representatives of a whole order or congregation or other group of monasteries."