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How to pronounce conventual in English?

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Synonyms cloistered, cloistral, monastic, monastical
Derivation convent

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At present the Benedictine Order has twenty-seven conventual priories.
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The Mass in its chapel also marked the formal installation of Mother Mary Anne as the first conventual prioress.
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The sovereign still remained Grand Master, but instead of the conventual prior there was a grand prior of the Order.
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Conventual in the sense of the convent and over time grew to equal prominence with the archbishop's cathedral at Mdina.
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In other orders, like the Camaldolese and Carthusians, conventual priors are the norm and there are no abbots.
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In Orvieto, he was appointed conventual lector, in charge of the education of friars unable to attend a studium generale.
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The conventual buildings were rebuilt in 1732.
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To the east of the church stands a group of buildings comprising two miniature conventual establishments, each complete in itself.
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In churches that are not parish or conventual churches, it is the duty of the Rector of the church to grant this permission.
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  • Cloistered: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
  • The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv), commonly known as the Conventual Franciscans, is a branch of the order of Catholic Friars founded by Francis of Assisi in 1209.
  • (Convents) A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion. ...
  • A member of a convent; Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic
  • (Convents) Alton, Bermondsey, Birmingham, Cheadle, Edge Hill, Gorey, Nottingham, Parsonstown, Stoke-upon-Trent, Tagoat.