conventual
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prettygoodwordconventual (kuhn-VEN-choo-uhl) - adj., of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent.
Also, a branch of the Franciscans, in full the Friars Minor Conventual. Not to be confused with conventional, but I totally understand misreading it that way -- I mean, I did when I came across it and got a bit confused till I reread the passage. A word in English since around 1400, from either Anglo-French conventuel or directly from Medieval Latin source conventuālis, from conventus, convent, the perfect passive participle of conveniō, convene/assemble (from con-, with/together + veniō, come).
---L.
Also, a branch of the Franciscans, in full the Friars Minor Conventual. Not to be confused with conventional, but I totally understand misreading it that way -- I mean, I did when I came across it and got a bit confused till I reread the passage. A word in English since around 1400, from either Anglo-French conventuel or directly from Medieval Latin source conventuālis, from conventus, convent, the perfect passive participle of conveniō, convene/assemble (from con-, with/together + veniō, come).
---L.
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Date: 2023-12-14 04:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-12-14 05:58 pm (UTC)Not strictly -- a convent can house monks or friars. Nuns is the common understanding, but the word is not as tightly gendered as monastery.
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Date: 2023-12-14 08:17 pm (UTC)