conventual
/kənˈvɛnt͡ʃuəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a convent or convent life; cloistered, monastic.
noun
A member of one of the two divisions of the Franciscans, following a mitigated rule, the other being the Observants.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The noise of her steps, light as they were, attracted the stranger's notice, who, turning round and letting her mantle fall as she did so, showed a tall and stately figure, dressed in what appeared to be some conventual costume."
- "The Sunday Times has convinced me I ought to immediately start out on a new regime of positively conventual austerity in order to reduce the burden on a strained NHS by not forcing them to have to cope with my ling cancer or coronary."
- "The Breton Club resumed its meetings in the refectory of an empty conventual building in the rue Saint-Jacques."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin conventuālis, from Latin conventus (“convent”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʷem-, conventuālis, conventus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈvɛnt͡ʃuəl/
- British English: /kənˈvɛntjuːəl/