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conventual
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con·ven·tu·al  (kn-vnch-l)
adj.
Of or relating to a convent.
n.
1. A member of a convent.
2. Conventual A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that permits the accumulation and possession of common property.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin conventulis, from conventus, convent; see convent.]
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Adj.1.conventualconventual - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
cloistered, cloistral, monastic, monastical
unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
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For example, the varied interests of the conventuals and regulars are distinguished, and how a man rose through the academic and administrative ranks is illustrated as we follow Silvestro as a kind of case study.
Prierias: The Life and Works of Silvestro Mazzolini da Prierio ... by Rosin, Robert / Renaissance Quarterly
And Observants felt even more str ongly than did the conventuals, the tension between learning and the "humility and simplicity" thought to be at the heart of the Franciscan mission.
A History of Franciscan Education (c. 1210-1517). (Reviews) by Osheim, Duane J. / Renaissance Quarterly
Cisneros's attempts were aimed at transforming the Conventuals (who had deviated from the rule of Francis) into Observants (who had preserved the rule of their founder), which, as Rummel demonstrates, met with "considerable resistance.
The complex nature of Catholicism in the Renaissance. (Review Essay) by Cesareo, Francesco C. / Renaissance Quarterly
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