conventual
- adjective
- /kənˈvɛn.tʃuəl/
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conventual
- The ways in which Conventual friars defended themselves against the reformers' attacks on their lifestyle can to some extent be reconstructed with the help of reform treatises, which list arguments against reform to subsequently refute them.
- conventual friars
Examples
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Johannes offered his Observant readers a moral interpretation of the convent's history in which Conventual friars, as opponents of reform, were stigmatized and the Observants were presented as the chosen ones.
Academic text (2018) -
Sources that highlight the Conventual perspective are generally lacking.
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The Wignacourt Chapter General of 1604 instituted a new rule for punishing the prior and vice prior of the Conventual Church.
Academic text (2012) -
She drank and handwrote all the invitations to embassy events in her beautiful conventual script.
Fiction book (1991) -
Johannes emphasized the great contrasts between the two opposing groups of friars and juxtaposed Observant and Conventual characteristics in a poetic way.
Academic text (2018) -
To exemplify this, the author dwelt at length on the troubles that Conventual friars caused during the efforts to reform the friary of Basel. Johannes explained that the reputation of the Dominicans had reached an absolute low.
Academic text (2018) -
The conventual lifestyle emphasizes communal living and spiritual dedication apart from worldly distractions.
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In the conventual community, members share responsibilities for prayer, work, and daily life.
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He admired the conventual traditions that focused on simplicity and devotion within the cloistered walls.
Synonyms
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Relating to life in a monastery with simple rules and little contact with others
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Living apart from other people and the outside world, often in a quiet place
A quiet, simple religious life with prayer and few possessions
Living quietly and separately like monks or nuns in a convent
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Etymology
Conventual comes from convent, which in turn comes from Latin conventus, meaning 'a coming together' or 'gathering'. So conventual describes the life or things of people who live together in a religious house, often apart from the outside world.