conventual UK /kənˈvɛntjuːəl/US /kənˈvɛnt͡ʃuəl/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.During this time, sister Ursula, to give her for the last time her conventual name, exchanged her stole, or loose upper garment, for the more succinct cloak and hood of a horseman. — 1831 noun1 •A member of a convent. formsconventuals · more conventual · most conventual
Conventual noun1 •A member of one of the two divisions of the Franciscans, following a mitigated rule, the other being the Observants. formsConventuals