convantual, conventualle

& s. [Fr. conventuel.] A. As adj .: Pertaining to a convent or monastery; monastic. the oldest of whom had never seen a conventual garb except on the stage."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. vi. *B. As subst.: A member of a convent or monastery; a monk, a nun. "And some questio hath arise in the order of Saint Francis, betweene the obseruauntes and ye conventual les ." -Sir T. More: Works , p. 875. (1) Conventual Brethren : Ch. Hist .: A large section of the Francis can Order, consisting of all laxer members who consented, upon the permi ion of the pontiffs, somewhat to modify the severe discipline of the founder. The other sections were called the Brethren of the Observation, or the Regular Observantines. They were much more strict. In 1368 they were permitted by the general of their order to separate from the Conventual Brethren and form a distinct organization. ( Mo sheim: Ch. Hist ., cent. xiv., pt. ii., ch. ii., § 34.) (2) Conventual church: 1. A church attached to or belonging to a convent or monastery. IMG:content-0841.png:[blocks in formation] subsequently, as suggested by Vogt, they con . verged in character."-Darwin: The Descent of Man (1871), pt. i., ch. vii., vol. i., p. 230.